moue
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moue
- /muː/ UK, US
Sounds like moo · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French moue, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). Doublet of mow ("grimace").
noun moues
- A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness. [S]he looked at her face and made a moue in the glass; and never stopped for Laura’s answer to the questions which she had put.
