English Explanatory Dictionary

commote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A secular division of land in mediaeval Wales.
verb
  1. To disturb or agitate, to disrupt also in the positive sense, to put into (more) commotion, to stir up, to add to the activity of.

Word forms

commote commotes commot cwmwd commoting commoted

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh cwmwd, from Middle Welsh kymhwt (literally “abode together”).

Derived words

commotal
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