Mot (noun)

A word or phrase.

Origin:

From the old french mot, meaning "word" or "expression".

Examples:

  1. I've been trying to think of the mot juste for the situation.
  2. He struggled to find the mot to express his thoughts.
  3. It was a simple mot but it conveyed a lot of meaning.
  4. The mot was on the tip of her tongue but she couldn't remember it.
  5. The mot was borrowed from a foreign language.
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