mot justen.

Brit.

/ˌməʊ ˈʒuːst/, U.S.

/ˌmoʊ ˈʒust/

Inflections: Plural mot justes, mots juste, mots justes Brit.

/ˌməʊ ˈʒuːst/, U.S.

/ˌmoʊ ˈʒust/.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mot juste.

Etymology: < French mot juste exact, appropriate word or expression (1832 or earlier; also in plural form les mots justes from mid 19th cent.) < mot mot n.² + juste just adj.Not fully naturalized in English. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (mo ʒüst) /mo ʒyst/. In plural form mots justes after the French plural form.

The precisely appropriate word or expression. Frequently in le mot juste.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > term or expression > apt or fitting

a word on its (or upon the) wheels1655

mot juste1896

1896 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Jan. 4 The Speaker, for instance, no doubt with the artist's pride in finding le mot juste, has described his blank verse as ‘sinewy’.

1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 353/2 A certain small girl with an extraordinary apprehension of the mot juste.

1915 E. Pound in J. Joyce Lett. (1966) II. 364 My head is a squeezed rag, so don't expect le mot juste in this letter.

1932 P. G. Wodehouse Louder & Funnier 8 Most of these essays were written..at a time when the wolf at the door left little leisure for careful thought and the patient search for the mot juste.

1991 A. S. Byatt Passions of Mind (1993) vi. 111 Their masters were Stendhal, Maupassant, and above all Flaubert, with his insistence on le mot juste.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mot juste
释义	mot justen. Brit. /ˌməʊ ˈʒuːst/, U.S. /ˌmoʊ ˈʒust/ Inflections: Plural mot justes, mots juste, mots justes Brit. /ˌməʊ ˈʒuːst/, U.S. /ˌmoʊ ˈʒust/. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mot juste. Etymology: < French mot juste exact, appropriate word or expression (1832 or earlier; also in plural form les mots justes from mid 19th cent.) < mot mot n.² + juste just adj.Not fully naturalized in English. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (mo ʒüst) /mo ʒyst/. In plural form mots justes after the French plural form. The precisely appropriate word or expression. Frequently in le mot juste. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > term or expression > apt or fitting a word on its (or upon the) wheels1655 mot juste1896 1896 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Jan. 4 The Speaker, for instance, no doubt with the artist's pride in finding le mot juste, has described his blank verse as ‘sinewy’. 1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 353/2 A certain small girl with an extraordinary apprehension of the mot juste. 1915 E. Pound in J. Joyce Lett. (1966) II. 364 My head is a squeezed rag, so don't expect le mot juste in this letter. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Louder & Funnier 8 Most of these essays were written..at a time when the wolf at the door left little leisure for careful thought and the patient search for the mot juste. 1991 A. S. Byatt Passions of Mind (1993) vi. 111 Their masters were Stendhal, Maupassant, and above all Flaubert, with his insistence on le mot juste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1896
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