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bon mot

[ bon moh; French bawn moh ]

noun

plural bons mots
  1. a witty remark or comment; clever saying; witticism.


bon mot

/ b蓴虄 mo /

noun

  1. a clever and fitting remark
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bon mot1

1725鈥35; < French: literally, good word; boon 2, motto
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bon mot1

French, literally: good word
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Most cards include cryptic, sometimes multilingual bon mots written with his beloved Sumi-e brush pens.

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Would you say you enjoy when one of these bon mots blows up?

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Nericcio is usually quick to a bon mot, but his worrisome tone when we talked was something I had never heard in the 15 years we鈥檝e known each other.

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If you鈥檙e looking for the literary scene in New York, you may want to drop in at Elaine鈥檚, a shadowy but cheery East Side bar where authors meet for Beaujolais and bon mots.

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Grant plays Sinclair with tremendous brio, capturing his pompousness and authority as with some bon mots about good writers "stealing" work.

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