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单词 sotie
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sotie

or sot·tie

[ soh-tee ]
/ soʊˈti /

noun

a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.

Origin of sotie

1785–95; <French, Middle French: literally, foolishness, equivalent to sot fool + -ie-y3

Words nearby sotie

Sothic, Sothic cycle, Sothic year, Sothis, Sotho, sotie, Soto, sotol, so to speak, sotted, sottish
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Example sentences from the Web for sotie

  • The sotie was directly satirical, and only assumed the guise of folly as a stalking-horse for shooting wit.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2|Various
  • This was followed by the Sotie itself; then followed the morality, and lastly a farce.

    A Short History of French Literature|George Saintsbury
  • The morality was the special property of the first, the sotie of the second.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2|Various
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