Motey

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of motes.

    "The sunbeams on the motey air / Streamed through the open door, / And on the brown arms moving bare, / And the grain upon the floor."

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"The sunbeams on the motey air / Streamed through the open door, / And on the brown arms moving bare, / And the grain upon the floor."

Etymology

From mote + -y.

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