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English
Etymology
From French étourderie.
Pronunciation
Noun
étourderie (plural étourderies)
- Thoughtlessness, carelessness; a thoughtless act.
1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 119:ome sudden etourderie not at all in harmony with my feelings; some trait, in the character of her country, has suddenly dissolved the charm, and awakened me to a full sense of the folly I was guilty of.
1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], Mansfield Park: , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: for T Egerton, , →OCLC:Henry is blameless, and in spite of a moment's étourderie thinks of nobody but you.
1958, Iris Murdoch, The Bell:His love affairs appeared as the étourderies of a much younger man.
French
Etymology
From étourdi + -erie.
Pronunciation
Noun
étourderie f (plural étourderies)
- thoughtlessness, carelessness; forgetfulness
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