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mot

[moh]
–noun
1. a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
2. Archaic. a note on a horn, bugle, etc.

Origin:
1625–35; < F < LL muttum utterance. See motto
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mot   (mō)   
n.  A witty or incisive remark.

[French, from Old French, word, saying, probably from Vulgar Latin *mōttum, from Late Latin muttum, grunt, mutter, of imitative origin.]
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