Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fool's bauble.
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Examples
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Europe with their traditional costume of motley, cap and bells, and marotte.
WISDOM OF THE FOOL WALTER KAISER 1968
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How often this is so with the visions of domesticity — the detailed picture of what our home will be like; or, of life among our fellow-citizens or in society; or, again, of living in the country — the kind of house we shall have, its surroundings, the marks of honor and respect that will be paid to us, and so on, — whatever our hobby may be; chaque fou a sa marotte.
Counsels and Maxims 1518
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Never mind the grammar, the sentences above illustrate my ignorance of la grammaire, mais l’orthographe … c’est ma marotte.
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Never mind the grammar, the sentences above illustrate my ignorance of la grammaire, mais l’orthographe… c’est ma marotte.
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June 18th, 2006 at 6:27 pm marotte hand don’t know whatma left hand’s doin’
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[first image, of a century-old bisque marotte, from antiquedolls; the second, of an early-seventies Ford Maverick, from barkbarkwoofwoof]
jameswagner.com 2008
reesetee commented on the word marotte
Originally, a baton carried by a fool or jester as a mock emblem of office; later, it was used to describe a pet notion or craze.
November 5, 2007