the mot juste

(formal)

the word or phrase that exactly describes what you want to say I'm searching for the mot juste to describe him. Unusual, I think, is the best way of saying it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Roosevelt	ROZ-ə-velt	English
Amarilis	-	Spanish
Blevins	['blevinz]
Tezcatlipoca	-	Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Tatjana	TAHT-yah-nah (Finnish)	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish
Deana	dee-AN-ə, DEEN-ə	English