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What is a mot juste?

What is a mot juste? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The perfectly appropriate word or phrase for the situation.
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The mot juste for me was often a very descriptive word which often forced me to turn to a part of the language that was a bit high octane.
He's the kind of guy who always has the mot juste on the tip of his tongue and the wit to know when to say it, and when not to.
But the final two lines deliver a mot juste that is as richly compelling as it is disturbing.
The mixing up of our identities is probably explained by the fact that we are both stylists and seekers for the mot juste.
I had already essayed to write, and was immensely keen on the mot juste, that Holy Grail of the period.
But all this striving for the mot juste only made it harder for me to write continuous prose.

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