marotte
noun
ma·rotte
məˈrät
plural -s
1
archaic : bauble sense 2
2
: a pet idea or notion
it is a marotte of mine with which I will not trouble you
Victoria Sackville-West
Victoria Sackville-West
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, holy image, doll, diminutive of the name Marie (Mary)
- nonintuitive
- noninvasive
- noninvasively
- noninvolved
- noninvolvement
- noninvolvements
- nonionic
- nonionic detergent
- nonionizing
- nonirradiated
- nonirrigated
- nonirritant
- nonirritating
- nonis
- nonisobaric
- nonissuable
- nonissue
- nonissues
- nonjoinder
- nonjoinders
- nonjoiner
- nonjoiners
- nonjudgmental
- nonjudgmentally
- nonjudicial