boutade

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boutade

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Borrowed from French boutade, from bouter (“to thrust”). See butt.

noun boutades

A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim. [H]e suddenly broke out, "Well, then, as I understand you, what you recommend me is to marry Miss Bernardstone, and carry on an intrigue with Lady Vandeleur!" He knew perfectly that I recommended nothing of the sort, and he must have been very angry to indulge in this boutade.

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@misc{boutade_2026,
  title = {boutade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boutade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}