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Is motus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word motus is a Scrabble US word. The word motus is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word motus is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

M3O1T1U1S1

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5-letter words (3 found)

MOTUS,MOUST,SMOUT,

4-letter words (16 found)

MOST,MOTS,MOTU,MOUS,MUSO,MUST,MUTS,OUST,OUTS,SMUT,SOUM,SOUT,STUM,SUMO,TOMS,TUMS,

3-letter words (16 found)

MOS,MOT,MOU,MUS,MUT,OMS,OUS,OUT,SOM,SOT,SOU,SUM,TOM,TUM,UMS,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

MO,MU,OM,OS,OU,SO,ST,TO,UM,US,UT,

You can make 46 words from motus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of motus

motus omtus mtous tmous otmus tomus mouts omuts muots umots oumts uomts mtuos tmuos mutos umtos tumos utmos otums toums outms uotms tuoms utoms motsu omtsu mtosu tmosu otmsu tomsu mostu omstu msotu smotu osmtu somtu mtsou tmsou mstou smtou tsmou stmou otsmu tosmu ostmu sotmu tsomu stomu moust omust muost umost oumst uomst mosut omsut msout smout osmut somut musot umsot msuot smuot usmot sumot ousmt uosmt osumt soumt usomt suomt mtuso tmuso mutso umtso tumso utmso mtsuo tmsuo mstuo smtuo tsmuo stmuo musto umsto msuto smuto usmto sumto tusmo utsmo tsumo stumo ustmo sutmo otusm tousm outsm uotsm tuosm utosm otsum tosum ostum sotum tsoum stoum oustm uostm osutm soutm usotm suotm tusom utsom tsuom stuom ustom sutom

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Definitions and meaning of motus

motus

Noun

motus

  1. plural of motu

Anagrams

  • Musto, Mutos, smout

French

Etymology

From mot with a fanciful Latinisation in -us.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.tys/, /mo.tys/

Interjection

motus

  1. (colloquial) interjection to request silence; Hush!, Quiet!

Derived terms

  • motus et bouche cousue

Further reading

  • “motus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *mowetos, perfect passive participle of moveō (“I move”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.tus/, [ˈmoːt̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.tus/, [ˈmɔːt̪us]

Participle

mōtus (feminine mōta, neuter mōtum); first/second-declension participle

  1. moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved
  2. aroused, excited, begun, inspired, having been aroused
  3. troubled, concerned, tormented, having been troubled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

  • immōtus
  • motile
  • motility

Noun

mōtus m (genitive mōtūs); fourth declension

  1. A movement, motion.
    Synonyms: movimentum, agitatio
  2. (by extension) An advance, progress.
  3. (figuratively) A movement, operation, impulse, passion; disturbance; sensation; emotion
  4. (figuratively) A political movement, tumult, commotion, revolt, rebellion
    Synonyms: seditio, insurrectio, inquies, perculsus, tumultus, rebellio, concursus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Italian: moto

References

  • “motus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “motus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • motus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • motus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

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