abruti
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From abrutir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]abruti (feminine abrutie, masculine plural abrutis, feminine plural abruties)
- whose physical or mental capacities have been impaired by tiredness or another factor; dazed
- Des vainqueurs abrutis de crime, ivres d’encens
- The victors, dazed by crime, drunk on incense
- (Victor Hugo, La légende des siècles, Tome 1, "La Vision d’où est sorti ce livre")
- Pourquoi plus de la moitié des hommes est-elle abrutie par les superstitions ?
- Why are the majority of people hypnotized by superstition?
- (Diderot & D'Alembert, "Instinct")
- (chiefly Europe, informal) moronic, idiotic
Noun
[edit]abruti m (plural abrutis, feminine abrutie)
- (chiefly Europe, informal) moron, idiot, fool
- 1970, “J'habite en France”, in J'habite en France, performed by Michel Sardou:
- Mais la France c’est aussi un pays / Où y a quand même pas cinquante millions d’abrutis
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
[edit]In Canada, terms like newfie and innocent are preferred.
Participle
[edit]abruti (feminine abrutie, masculine plural abrutis, feminine plural abruties)
Further reading
[edit]- “abruti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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