étourderien.
/ˌeɪˈtʊəd(ə)ri/, /ˌeɪˈtɔːd(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌeɪˌtɔrdəˈri/ Thoughtlessness, carelessness. Also: a thoughtless act, a blunder.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or thoughtlessness
unconsiderationc1449
inconsideration1526
inconsiderance1549
inconsiderateness1591
inconsiderancy1599
unconsiderateness1611
incogitancy1612
perperitude1623
thoughtlessness1624
indeliberationa1631
incogitance1637
gaiety1703
inconsideracy1748
étourderie1763
slobberiness1845
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > clumsy stupidity, oafishness > [noun]
clownagea1637
oafishness1727
étourderie1763
oafdom1868
1763 D. Hume Let. 24 Feb. in J. Boswell London Jrnl. (1950) 206 By this étourderie, to give it the lightest name, you were capable of making a quarrel between me and that irascible little man.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. xv. 276 Henry is blameless, and in spite of a moment's etourderie thinks of nobody but you. View more context for this quotation
1829 N.Y. Mirror 26 Dec. 1/3 I..committed the étourderie of asking half the regiment what they thought of my Venus.
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. xxii. 279 I ought to endeavour to disperse the shade which my étourderie flung over my name, by asking you to carry out your promise to me.
1958 I. Murdoch Bell vii. 101 His love affairs appeared as the étourderies of a much younger man.
2007 T. R. Griffiths Wages of Thin in Theatre Plays I. 11 What is wrong with you? Um? Insouciance? Étourderie? Eh?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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