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bêtises

bêtises is the plural of bêtise.

Meaning of bêtise

Noun

bêtise (countable and uncountable, plural bêtises)

  1. 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.1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Paris Sketch Book, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC

Questions about bêtises

What is bêtises the plural of?
Bêtises is the plural of bêtise.

Words near bêtises in the dictionary

  1. bête noire
  2. bête rouge
  3. bêtes noires
  4. bêtes rouges
  5. bêtise
  6. bêtises
  7. Bình Dương
  8. Bình Phước
  9. Bình Thuận
  10. Bình Định
  11. Bío Bío

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