bonmot

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A form of bon mot — A clever saying, phrase, or witticism; often, a witty riposte in dialogue.

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Meanings

nounbonmot (plural bonmots or bonsmots)

plural bonmots · plural bonsmots

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bon mot.

    Summing up a complex analysis […] we can say that [Peter] Pilz succeeds in turning Mayr's fierce endeavours of enforcement against himself, and his bonmot about the state of politics during socialist rule becomes widely cited in the next day's press.

    2016, Emo Gotsbachner, “Asserting Interpretive Frames of Political Events: Panel Discussions on Television News”, in Richard Fitzgerald, William Housley, editors, Media, Policy and Interaction, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 56–57
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APA

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bonmot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonmot.

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