étourderie

English

Etymology

From French étourderie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /eɪˈtɔːd(ə)ɹi/

Noun

étourderie (plural étourderies)

1. Thoughtlessness, carelessness; a thoughtless act.
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 119:

     [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.

   • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], Mansfield Park: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:

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

   • 1958, Iris Murdoch, The Bell:

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

French

Etymology

From étourdi +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.tuʁ.də.ʁi/

Noun

étourderie f (plural étourderies)

1. thoughtlessness, carelessness; forgetfulness

Further reading

• “étourderie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.