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Meaning of étourderie | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
eɪˈtɔːd(ə)ɹi

Definitions

Thoughtlessness, carelessness; a thoughtless act.

Equivalents

Français étourderie

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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