lésine
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian lesina. Doublet of alêne.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /le.zin/
- Homophones: lésinent, lésines
Noun edit
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 edit
lésine
- inflection of lésiner:
Further reading edit
- “lésine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.