Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fool's bauble.
Examples
“Europe with their traditional costume of motley, cap and bells, and marotte.”
“How often this is so with the visions of domesticity — the detailed picture of what our home will be like; or, of life among our fellow-citizens or in society; or, again, of living in the country — the kind of house we shall have, its surroundings, the marks of honor and respect that will be paid to us, and so on, — whatever our hobby may be; chaque fou a sa marotte.”
“Never mind the grammar, the sentences above illustrate my ignorance of la grammaire, mais l’orthographe … c’est ma marotte.”
“Never mind the grammar, the sentences above illustrate my ignorance of la grammaire, mais l’orthographe… c’est ma marotte.”
“June 18th, 2006 at 6:27 pm marotte hand don’t know whatma left hand’s doin’”
“[first image, of a century-old bisque marotte, from antiquedolls; the second, of an early-seventies Ford Maverick, from barkbarkwoofwoof]”
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Quirkstyle
Fashion elegance, oddities, styles, and cool garments.
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Exquisite.
Words to my liking. (The most lovelybeautifulintricatecondecendinggratuitous.)
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A Jester's Bag of Tricks
Word bank of jester clothing and accessories. Includes types of feathers that might be featured, instruments they may carry, patterns of cloth, as well as some other words for "jester" or "clown" a...
harlequin, bauble, coxcomb, parti-colored, tregetour, marotte, bomolochus, balatro, cartwheel ruff, pantaloons, hose, cote-hardie and 24 more...
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reesetee Originally, a baton carried by a fool or jester as a mock emblem of office; later, it was used to describe a pet notion or craze. Nov 5, 2007