Vocabulary : Motive to Moton

Motive : That which moves; a mover. ;; That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object. ;; The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading. ;; That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one. ;; Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. ;; To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Motiveless : Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.
Motivity : The power of moving or producing motion. ;; The quality of being influenced by motives.
Motivo : See Motive, n., 3, 4.
Motley : Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat. ;; Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1. ;; Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style. ;; A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool. ;; Hence, a jester, a fool.

Motley-minded : Having a mind of a jester; foolish.
Motmot : Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note.
Moto : Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto, directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a little more rapidly than andante, etc.
Motograph : A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface.
Moton : A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.