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folie de grandeur

folie de grandeur noun: delusion of grandeur.

Noun

folie de grandeur (plural folies de grandeur)

  1. delusion of grandeur

Forms of folie de grandeur

pluralfolies de grandeur

Origin of folie de grandeur

Borrowed from French folie des grandeurs, with the construct re-analyzed as singular.

Questions about folie de grandeur

What does folie de grandeur mean?
Folie de grandeur means delusion of grandeur.
What part of speech is folie de grandeur?
Folie de grandeur is a noun.
What is the plural of folie de grandeur?
The plural of folie de grandeur is folies de grandeur.

Words near folie de grandeur in the dictionary

  1. foliature
  2. folic
  3. folic acid
  4. folicolous
  5. foliculogenesis
  6. folie de grandeur
  7. folie du doute
  8. folie à deux
  9. folie à familie
  10. folie à trois
  11. folier

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