Definitions for moiety

moiety moi·e·ty

Spelling: [moi-i-tee]
IPA: /ˈmɔɪ ɪ ti/

Moiety is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in moiety (eimoty).

Definitions for moiety

noun

  1. a half.
  2. an indefinite portion, part, or share.
  3. Anthropology. one of two units into which a tribe or community is divided on the basis of unilineal descent.

Origin of moiety

1400-50; late Middle English moite Middle French Latin medietāt- (stem of medietās) the middle, equivalent to medi(us) mid + -etāt-, variant, after vowels, of -itāt- -ity<

Examples for moiety

There was more than a moiety of sadness, constantly increasing its measure.

How is it only a moiety of these bodies that is represented?

In 1898 there were 98 at the English classes and but a moiety at the French.

The man with a moiety of the seer's gift suffered his eyebrows to arch query-wise.

He who gave her the money of which she e'en presented me a moiety.

The shares that remained received the name of "adventurer's moiety."

The latter offered the lady in full, but only a moiety of the money.

There is only 'in each local centre a great predominance of one moiety.'

Out of abundance he had given a moiety and because of it she had put her life into a yoke.

It allowed Ralegh a moiety of the penalties accruing to the Crown.

Word Value for moiety
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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