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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Here, instead, were the motte-and-bailey dreams of Brexit, the blood and soil nationalism of soon-to-be President Trump and the majoritarian rage scorching through Indian democracy. 
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2020 Her opportunistic motte-and-bailey act on what is supposedly her signature plan suggests not. Isaac Schorr, National Review, 23 Oct. 2020 Here, the motte: The acutely suicidal, the delusional, the manic-depressives, and other students with serious mental illnesses should be allowed to miss school to attend to symptoms that arise from their relative conditions. John Hirschauer, National Review, 24 July 2019
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2020 Her opportunistic motte-and-bailey act on what is supposedly her signature plan suggests not. Isaac Schorr, National Review, 23 Oct. 2020 Here, the motte: The acutely suicidal, the delusional, the manic-depressives, and other students with serious mental illnesses should be allowed to miss school to attend to symptoms that arise from their relative conditions. John Hirschauer, National Review, 24 July 2019 Word History
Etymology
French, from Old French mote, motte
First Known Use
1884, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of motte was in 1884 Phrases Containing motte
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