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boutade

 
Dictionary: Bou·tade
 

n.

[F., fr. bouter to thrust. See Butt.]
An outbreak; a caprice; a whim. [Obs.]


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noun

    An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind: bee, caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, humor, impulse, megrim, notion, vagary, whim, whimsy. Idioms: bee in one's bonnet. See thoughts.

 
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[F.] a sudden outburst or outbreak; a caprice; a whim
 
 
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