motty

See also: Motty

English

Alternative forms

mottie

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɒti

Adjective

motty (comparative more motty, superlative most motty)

(Scotland, dated) Full of, or consisting of, motes.
- 1847, Hugh Miller, First Impressions of England and Its People:
  the motty dust reek raised by the workmen
- 1865, Alexander Smuth, A Summer in Skye:
  Where the motty sunbeam from the pane with its great knob of bottle-green struck him.

References

“motty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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