mot juste

/məʊˈʒuːst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

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noun

"She legged it, and for a moment silence reigned. Then Bobbie said, “Phew!” and I agreed that “Phew!” was the mot juste."
"Wattpad is not the sort of site where writers talk about suffering for their art or spend hours searching for the mot juste."

Unadapted borrowing from French mot juste.

mots justes (plural)

winged word

used produced boost induced unused roost joust deuced abduced noosed

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How do you pronounce mot juste?

The recorded pronunciation is /məʊˈʒuːst/.

What does mot juste mean?

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Where does mot juste come from?

Unadapted borrowing from French mot juste.

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