mot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a short, pithy, or witty remark; a bon mot

   The critic ended the review with a sharp mot that everyone repeated.

Borrowed from French mot ("word, saying"), from Late Latin muttum ("utterance, word"), related to Latin muttire ("to mutter"). English first used it for a motto and later for a concise witty saying, especially in the French phrase bon mot.

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