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‖ sottise|sɔtiz|
[F., f. sot sot a.]
A silly remark or saying; a foolish action. Also transf.
1673Dryden Marr. à la Mode iii. i, That's an excellent word to begin withal; as, for example, he or she said a thousand sottises to me. a1734North Examen i. iii. §14 (1740) 131 Which is a Sottise past all Belief. Ibid. §23. 136 A Sottise of the lowest Form of Secretaryship. 1952J. Biggs-Davison Tory Lives ii. 48 Tact and flexibility were not often exhibited by the Monarch of whose sottise his predecessor was wont to speak. 1963N. Macrae Sunshades in October iii. 39 The Conservative Government..dismantled two-and-a-half of these three sottises. 1977Times 23 Mar. 16/8 The Daily Mail Diary..is not slow to criticize errors and sottises in rival newspapers. |