Definition of "mot" []

• A witty or incisive remark. (noun)

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• "I was reading it just as my almost 5 year old angel of a daughter shouted out a gros mot from the kitchen."
• "Nothing will ever compare with being safe in mot ..."
• "I attempt an English version of a famous bon mot from the Chinese sage Xun Zi."