sottisen.
/sɒˈtiːz/ A silly remark or saying; a foolish action. Also transferred.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > stupid deed, thought, etc.
sotheada1200
dotage1528
stupidity1594
sottery1598
dote1643
sottise1673
idiocy1822
jobbernowlism1824
noodledom1827
noodleism1829
crassitude1865
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour > instance of
unwitc1175
foliota1250
follyc1300
unwisdom1303
foolishness?1506
fooling?1545
foppery1546
foolery1562
filly-folly1565
impertinency1588
impertinence1603
silliness1624
idiotism1647
noddary1647
fondness1653
ineptitude1656
sottise1673
insipidity1822
bêtise1827
foolishment1871
jackassery1873
funny business1882
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > instance of
rotea1400
rabblec1400
rabblement1547
gabbling1599
bilka1637
ribble-row1665
sottise1673
rigmarolec1736
lockram1809
ráiméis1828
1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iii. i. 36 That's an excellent word to begin withal: as for example; He, or she said a thousand Sottises to me.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §14 131 Which is a Sottise past all Belief.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §23. 136 A Sottise of the lowest Form of Secretaryship.
1952 J. 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.
1963 N. Macrae Sunshades in October iii. 39 The Conservative Government..dismantled two-and-a-half of these three sottises.
1977 Times 23 Mar. 16/8 The Daily Mail Diary..is not slow to criticize errors and sottises in rival newspapers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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