folie de grandeur

noun

delusion of grandeur

OriginFrench folie des grandeurs →
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Meanings

nounfolie de grandeur (plural folies de grandeur)

plural folies de grandeur

  1. delusion of grandeur

Origin

  1. Frenchfolie des grandeurs
  2. Englishfolie de grandeur

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

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folie de grandeur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folie%20de%20grandeur

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