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bon mot
Word definitions for bon mot in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1735, French, "good saying, " literally "good word," from bon "good" + mot (12c.), from Vulgar Latin muttum , from Latin muttire "to mutter, mumble, murmur" (see mutter ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A clever saying, phrase or witticism; often, a witty riposte in dialogue.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a clever remark [syn: mot ]
Usage examples of bon mot.
Almost simultaneously a personal report from the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police and of Sir Jasper's little bon mot reached the Prime Minister's eyes and ears respectively just before four when he returned to 10 Downing Street after questions in the House.
And to-night, having delivered himself of his BON MOT, he had left Marguerite surrounded by a crowd of admirers of all ages, all anxious and willing to help her to forget that somewhere in the spacious reception rooms, there was a long, lazy being who had been fool enough to suppose that the cleverest woman in Europe would settle down to the prosaic bonds of English matrimony.
Dan looked hopefully around the table for appreciation of his bon mot.
Quentin soon became the witty one in his circle, the one who didn't say much but always had the deft put-down, the bon mot, the new catchphrase.