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bêtise
[ be-teez ]
noun
- lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- a stupid or foolish act or remark.
- something inconsequential or without merit; absurdity; trifle.
bêtise
/ bɛˈtiːz /
noun
- rare.folly or lack of perception
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bêtise1
French, from bête foolish, from bête (n) stupid person, beast
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Example Sentences
"It was a bêtise, a slip of the pen; I admit you are right," and indifferently I opened Coralie's effusion, smiling over it.
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Then she stepped out of one of the windows, called Bêtise to her, and putting her arms about his neck, kissed him.
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He remembered again that the flippant young Frenchman had said, "Un ancien curé, qui a fait quelque bêtise."
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Said a Frenchman of his adversary, “Il se croit supérieur à moi de toute la hauteur de sa bêtise!”
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"Ill-luck is a bêtise," said the great Cardinal Richelieu; and on the long run, I fear, his eminence was right.
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