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Definition of boutade in English: boutadenounbuːˈtɑːdbo͞oˈtäd formal A sudden outburst or outbreak. 〈正式〉突然爆发 Example sentencesExamples - I must admit that I find hidden pleasure with his boutades and tirades.
- The boutade is not a nasty comment about Bulgaria.
- Parodies, jokes, boutades, all limited to a thousand words by close-fisted editors, earned him the roubles needed to pay for his education.
- A further danger for those who study this text is that of taking isolated gestures ... for more than what they are: mere boutades, responses to specific situations.
- He has been now absolved of all guilt, and his forgeries recognised as poetical Dada boutades.
Synonyms attack, fit, spasm, paroxysm, convulsion, eruption, outbreak, outburst, burst, spell, dose
OriginEarly 17th century: French, from bouter 'to thrust'. Definition of boutade in US English: boutadenounbo͞oˈtäd formal A sudden outburst or outbreak. 〈正式〉突然爆发 Example sentencesExamples - I must admit that I find hidden pleasure with his boutades and tirades.
- Parodies, jokes, boutades, all limited to a thousand words by close-fisted editors, earned him the roubles needed to pay for his education.
- A further danger for those who study this text is that of taking isolated gestures ... for more than what they are: mere boutades, responses to specific situations.
- He has been now absolved of all guilt, and his forgeries recognised as poetical Dada boutades.
- The boutade is not a nasty comment about Bulgaria.
Synonyms attack, fit, spasm, paroxysm, convulsion, eruption, outbreak, outburst, burst, spell, dose
OriginEarly 17th century: French, from bouter ‘to thrust’. |