Meaning of étourderie | Babel Free

Definitions

Thoughtlessness, carelessness; a thoughtless act.

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Examples

“[S]ome sudden etourderie not at all in harmony with my feelings; some trait, in the character of her country, has suddenly dissolved the charm, and awakened me to a full sense of the folly I was guilty of.”

“Henry is blameless, and in spite of a moment's étourderie thinks of nobody but you.”

“His love affairs appeared as the étourderies of a much younger man.”

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