motto
A personal slogan.
Example
“You have to be in it to win it — that's my motto.”
Other meanings
A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
Related words
- mottoless
- mottolike
- mottoware
Word history
From Latin "muttum" (a mutter, a grunt).
Where this comes from
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