lote
[loht]
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Origin of lote
First recorded in 1500–10, lote is from the Latin word lōtus
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Historical Examples
Neither Captain Lote nor his wife had read anything of the kind in the papers.
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Captain Lote was not in the habit of taking his women-folks on his voyages with him.
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Captain Lote watched him for a moment and then put on his own.
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Even Captain Lote's praise of the Lusitania poem was whole-hearted and ungrudging.
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Captain Lote's temper was boiling now, contradiction was its worst provocative.
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Word Origin and History for lote
n.
1510s, anglicized form of lotus.
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