mote Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
    speck; particle; atom; molecule; corpuscle.

WordNet

Mote verb
Definitions
  1. See 1st Mot. Obs. Chaucer.
Mote noun
Etymology
See Moot, a meeting.
Definitions
Obs., except in a few combinations or phrases.
  1. A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London.
  2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote.
  3. A place of meeting for discussion.
Mote noun
Definitions
  1. The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort. Chaucer.
Mote noun
Etymology
OE. mot, AS. mot.
Definitions
  1. A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck.
    The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there be no wind. Bacon.
    We are motes in the midst of generations. Landor.

Webster 1913