bêtise

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After passing the morning together so agreeably, to go and dine in separate rooms, it would be a _bêtise_.

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  • The adventures of an adgrunt with attitude. ad bêtise - since May 2004 —  Adland
  • A _bêtise_ of some sort might safely be looked for. —  At Fault
  • The Duke of Alcudia (better known as Godoy) expressed sincere regret for this _bêtise_. —  William Pitt and the Great War
  • Napoleon called this a disgraceful blunder (_insigne bêtise_), and Mahan adds, "This censure was just." —  A History of Sea Power
  • _Quelle bêtise, voyons! _ " —  Juggernaut
 

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