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‖ bêtise|bɛːtiːz, beɪˈtiːz|
[Fr. = stupidity, f. bête foolish, OF. beste beast.]
A foolish, ill-timed remark or action; a piece of folly.
1827Lady Granville Lett. (1894) I. 406, I think it is an enfantillage, a bêtise, on the part of the Austrian Government. 1831Disraeli Yng. Duke II. iii. xix. 256 This bêtise of a war has made us all serious. 1849Geo. Eliot Let. 9 Feb. (1954) I. 278, I will not dilate on the book or on your criticism for I am so sleepy that I should write nothing but bêtises. 1893H. James Let. 2 May in C. Mackenzie Life (1963) II. 309 If your public..can't see any of that charm, and wants such a bêtise instead, we are engaged in a blind-alley. 1948‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair i. 9 In spite of her bêtise about striped suits he saw her point of view. |