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单词 pas si bête
释义

pas si bêteint.

Brit. /ˌpɑː siː ˈbɛt/, U.S. /ˌpɑ si ˈbɛt/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pas si bête.
Etymology: < French pas si bête (1669 in Molière in a full sentence, 1785 as an interjection) < pas , negative particle, specific use of pas pace n.1 + si so (9th cent. in Old French; < classical Latin sīc so, thus: see sic adv.) + bête stupid (c1220 in Old French as beste in this sense, transferred use of bête beast n. and adj.).
Now rare.
Not so foolish; nothing that foolish; not that stupid. Also (in quot. 1924): not so bad.
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1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. June 727/2 I am not holding up the whole affair as a masterpiece—pas si bête.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxix. 283 ‘Emily was always as stupid as an owl,’ said Miss Blenkinsop. ‘Eh! pas si bête,’ the old Peer said.
1862 W. Collins No Name II. 82 I am not fool enough to open it. Pas si bête, as we used to say in the English circle at Zurich... Pas si bête!
1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages xii. 179 ‘What about the weather?’ I asked anxiously. ‘Pas si bête,’ he said, sniffing. ‘The wind is pretty sure to go down.’
1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death xvi. 183 ‘Try us,’ suggested the young man. ‘Pas si bête,’ said Alleyn, ‘I want my lunch.’
1965 N. Freeling Criminal Conversat. ii. i. 102 You see how the parallel fails?..Pas si bête.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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