moteling

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noun

A little mote or speck.

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Meanings

moteling1

nounmoteling (plural motelings)

plural motelings

  1. archaicrareA little mote or speck.

    […] fishets that come through the pump, every morning, thick as motelings […]

    1874, Thomas Hood, Whims and Oddities: In Prose and Verse, page 107

moteling2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of motel

Origin

From mote + -ling.

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APA

moteling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moteling

MLA

“moteling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moteling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moteling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moteling.

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