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French
Etymology
From sot.
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Noun
sottise f (plural sottises)
- stupidity, foolishness
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,
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