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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lesina. Doublet of alêne.
Pronunciation
Noun
lésine f (plural lésines)
- (dated) miserliness, stinginess
- Synonym: avarice
1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Au lecteur”, in Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil], Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise:La sottise, l’erreur, le péché, la lésine / Occupent nos esprits et travaillent nos corps,- Foolishness, error, sin, miserliness / Occupy our minds and work on our bodies,
Verb
lésine
- inflection of lésiner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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