Motif
[məʊ'tiːf] or [mo'tif]
Definition
(noun.) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration.
(noun.) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music.
Editor: Lorna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Motive.
Checker: Wade
Definition
n. an old form of motive: a theme or ground for intellectual action or a leading subject in a dramatic work: in a musical composition the principal subject on which the movement is constructed.
Inputed by Frieda
Examples
- The seventeenth century in Europe was the century of Louis XIV; he and French ascendancy and Versailles are the central motif of the story. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were no really new _motifs_ in the composition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Ronnie