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juste-milieu

[ zhyst-mee-lyœ ]

noun

, French.
, plural juste-mi·lieux [zh, y, st-mee-, lyœ].
  1. a point between two extremes; the golden mean.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of juste-milieu1

Literally, “exact middle”

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Example Sentences

One has lost his place, another his title, and a third his money, and they say this all proceeds from the 'juste milieu.'

And Vital showed them a hat of a form and design which was truly expressive of the juste-milieu.

Query—Do not the Germans furnish something very like this juste milieu?

In this case, at least, England shows a beautiful specimen of the juste milieu.

He was the embodiment in the art of painting, as someone has put it, of Louis Philippe's maxim of the juste-milieu.

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