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    boutade
    /buːˈtɑːd/

    noun

    • 1. a sudden outburst or outbreak. formal

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › boutadeBoutade Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of BOUTADE is an outbreak or burst especially of temper. How to use boutade in a sentence.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › boutadeBOUTADE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Boutade definition: an outburst; sally. See examples of BOUTADE used in a sentence.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBOUTADE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    boutade in British English. (buːˈtɑːd ) noun. an outburst; sally. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C17: from French, from bouter to thrust.

  5. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › boutadeboutade - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · Noun. [ edit] boutade (plural boutades) A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim . Dutch. [ edit] Etymology. [ edit] From French boutade . Pronunciation. [ edit]

  6. premium-oxforddictionaries-com.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk › boutadeboutade - definition of boutade in English from the Oxford...

    a sudden outburst or outbreak.. Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › boutadeBoutade - definition of boutade by The Free Dictionary

    noun. An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind: bee, caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, humor, impulse, megrim, notion, vagary, whim, whimsy. Idiom: bee in one's bonnet. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › boutade_nboutade | boutado, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    The earliest known use of the noun boutade is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for boutade is from 1614, in the writing of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor, politician, and philosopher.