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BON MOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bon mot mean?
• BON MOT (noun)
The noun BON MOT has 1 sense:
1. a clever remark
Familiarity information: BON MOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A clever remark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
bon mot; mot
Hypernyms ("bon mot" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)
Domain region:
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
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