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This week's theme Terms from French This week's words bon ton moue au fait clou pied-a-terre Today's word in Visual Thesaurus Give a gift that ... keeps on giving, all year long A gift subscription of AWAD Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg moue PRONUNCIATION: (moo) MEANING: noun: Pout; grimace. ETYMOLOGY: From French moue (pout), from Middle French moe. USAGE: "You can almost see the helpless little shrug of the shoulders that accompanies it and the moue of that perfectly lipsticked mouth." Allison Pearson; How to Eat For Petite; The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Jan 15, 2005. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. -Oscar Wilde, writer (1854-1900)

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