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