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Definitions
Etymologies
- French : bon, good + mot, word.
Examples
“By-the-by, I heard another bon mot of poor Colonel”
“The next stage, gastrulation, is the subject of a famous bon mot by Lewis Wolpert: ‘It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation, which is truly the most important time in your life.’”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bon mot’.
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January 2012
bloviate, pastiche, apparat, facile, paroxysm, pique, bedfellow, pedigree, tutelage, protege, protégé, retroactive and 196 more...
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cicatrix
scar tissue
minatory, naira, Cluniac, embracive, prolix, hierophant, timorous, adduce, veracious, dysphoric, sang-froid, vitiate and 414 more...
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French words to throw around next time you fee...
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bon mot, bon vivant, boulevardier, accoutrement, ménage à trois, melee, coup de grace, elan, bete noir, agent provocateur, crème de la crème, haut monde and 42 more...
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Sweet's list
Fun words I have heard
galavanting, bitchbasket, homopussy, romper stomper, frick and frack, snagglepuss, macrologist, iso paleo copria, shitstain krinkle, bon mot
whichbe A clever remark; witticism. (from WordCraft) May 20, 2008