English edit

Etymology edit

French étourderie.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

étourderie (plural étourderies)

  1. Thoughtlessness, carelessness; a thoughtless act.
    • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 119:
      [S]ome sudden etourderie not at all in harmony with my feelings; some trait, in the character of her country, has suddenly dissolved the charm, and awakened me to a full sense of the folly I was guilty of.
    • 1814 July, [Jane Austen], Mansfield Park: [], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: [] T[homas] Egerton, [], →OCLC:
      Henry is blameless, and in spite of a moment's étourderie thinks of nobody but you.
    • 1958, Iris Murdoch, The Bell:
      His love affairs appeared as the étourderies of a much younger man.

French edit

Etymology edit

From étourdi +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

étourderie f (plural étourderies)

  1. thoughtlessness, carelessness; forgetfulness

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