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bon mot

noun
/bɒn məʊ/UK/bɑn moʊ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French bon mot (literally “good word”).

  1. borrowed from bon mot

Definitions

  1. A clever saying, phrase, or witticism

    A clever saying, phrase, or witticism; often, a witty riposte in dialogue.

    • But ſo it is: our Writer has met with a Bon Mot of this Cato’s; which, according to his ſhallow Underſtanding and ſilly Interpretation, he preſages will ever live as a noble Free-thinking Saying.
    • And if a few of these bon mots so selected be well known, they possess such acknowledged excellence, that the compiler would be justly censured, were he to deprive his readers of the pleasure of seeing them inserted in a work of this kind.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for bon mot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA