MOITY

PRONUNCIATION: (MOI-tee)

MEANING: adjective: Containing moits -- foreign particles in wool, such as straw or bark.

ETYMOLOGY: From moit (a small impurity in wool), a variant of mote (speck), from Old English. Earliest documented use: 1844. Moity is sometimes used as a variant spelling of moiety (a half or portion).
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AMO-ITY - a declaration of love

MO-IFY - to make the lawn evenly shorter

MOOTY - describing a cow who won't stay quiet, or an argument that needn't be heard at all