sottise
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French
Etymology
From sot.
Pronunciation
Noun
sottise f (plural sottises)
- stupidity, foolishness
- 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Au lecteur”, in Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil], Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise:
- La sottise, l’erreur, le péché, la lésine / Occupent nos esprits et travaillent nos corps,
- Foolishness, error, sin, miserliness / Occupy our minds and work on our bodies,
Derived terms
Descendants
- → German: Sottise
Further reading
- “sottise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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