motto

  • 61motto — /mot oh/, n., pl. mottoes, mottos. 1. a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc. 2. a sentence, phrase, or word expressing the spirit or purpose of a person, organization, city, etc., and often …

    Universalium

  • 62motto — Synonyms and related words: achievement, adage, alerion, ana, analects, animal charge, annulet, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, axiom, azure, bandeau, banner, banner head, bar, bar sinister, baton, battle… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 63Motto — Valgsprog, Fyndsprog, Løsen …

    Danske encyklopædi

  • 64motto — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. maxim, adage, precept, device. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. maxim, adage, saying, saw, epigram, aphorism, apothegm, pretty sentiment, slogan, catchword, watchword, byword, catch phrase, axiom, sententious… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 65Motto — Mọt|to 〈n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 1. Leitspruch, Wahlspruch 2. einem Buch od. Kapitel vorangesetzter Spruch od. Ausspruch, der Inhalt od. Absicht kennzeichnen soll [Etym.: ital., »Denk , Leitspruch«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 66motto — pl.m. motti …

    Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari

  • 67motto —  pl. mottoes …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 68motto — mot·to || mÉ‘təʊ / mÉ’ n. saying that represents a certain philosophy or code of conduct slogan, catch phrase; appropriate inscription …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 69motto — noun (plural mottoes or mottos) 1》 a short sentence or phrase encapsulating a belief or ideal. 2》 Music a symbolically significant phrase which recurs throughout a musical work. Origin C16: from Ital., word …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 70Motto — The war cry of the ancient barbarians that evolved into the inspirational sayings often inscribed around the device, onto banners, or into family crests. Mottoes were adopted purely at the pleasure of the individual, there was no prerequisite and …

    Medieval glossary