Meanings
nounbêtise (countable and uncountable, plural bêtises)
plural bêtises
- countableuncountablesilliness, 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
Origin
- Frenchbêtise
- Englishbêtise
Unadapted borrowing from French bêtise.
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Rhymes with bêtise
pleasediseasefeesJapanesetreeskeysexpertiseoverseaseasePortugueseBelizeprixVietnameseLouisefreezebreezeteespressqueezeLebanesefriesteaseseizeMaltese
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
bêtise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b%C3%AAtise
MLA
“bêtise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b%C3%AAtise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bêtise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b%C3%AAtise.
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