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MOT JUSTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mot juste mean?
• MOT JUSTE (noun)
The noun MOT JUSTE has 1 sense:
1. the appropriate word or expression
Familiarity information: MOT JUSTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The appropriate word or expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mot juste" is a kind of...):
choice of words; diction; phraseology; phrasing; verbiage; wording (the manner in which something is expressed in words)
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