commote

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A secular division of land in mediaeval Wales.
    — Some cantrefi might comprise more than two commotes, for example, and the complement of townships would vary from commote to commote, determined by considerations other than mathematical symmetry.
动词 v.
  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. obsolete,rare
    — It was incidental to the closeness of relationship into which we had brought ourselves that an unfriendly state of feeling could not occur between any two members without the whole society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable thereby.

词形变化

commotes plural commot alternative cwmwd alternative commotes present,singular,third-person commoting participle,present commoted participle,past commoted past

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Welsh cwmwd, from Middle Welsh kymhwt (literally “abode together”).
词源 2
Back-formation from commotion.
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