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moue
moue
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mu
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moo
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noun,
plural
moues
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mu
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moo
]
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.
a pouting grimace.
Origin:
<
French;
Old French
moe;
see
mow
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moue
(mu)
—
n
a disdainful or pouting look
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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moue
"pout," 1850, from Fr. moue "mouth, lip, pout," from O.Fr. moe, perhaps from M.Du. mouwe, with the same senses, but this could as easily be from O.Fr.
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