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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French bêtise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɪˈtiːz/, /bɛˈtiːz/
Noun
bêtise (countable and uncountable, plural bêtises)
- silliness, folly, stupidity
1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Paris Sketch Book, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, , →OCLC:[…] Flicflac will trill you off fifty in ten minutes, and wonder at the bêtise of the Briton, who has never a word to say.
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French
Etymology
From bête + -ise.
Pronunciation
Noun
bêtise f (plural bêtises)
- (uncountable) foolishness
- (countable) hooey
- (uncountable) nonsense
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