bêtise

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bêtise

/beɪˈtiːz/
/bɛˈtiːz/

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Unadapted borrowing from French bêtise.

noun bêtises

countable, uncountable silliness, folly, stupidity […] 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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"bêtise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/b%C3%AAtise. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bêtise. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/b%C3%AAtise

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"bêtise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/b%C3%AAtise.

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@misc{be_tise_2026,
  title = {bêtise},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/b%C3%AAtise},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}