marotte

See also: Marotte

French

FWOTD – 5 September 2016
marotte (sense 2)

Etymology

Diminutive of Marie, 15th c.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ʁɔt/
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Noun

marotte f (plural marottes)

  1. a grotesque sceptre carried by a jester
    • 1842, Aloysius Bertrand, “Octobre”, in Gaspard de la nuit, livre VI — Silves, page 176:
      Voici venir la Saint-Martin et ses brandons, Noël et ses bougies, le jour de l’an et ses joujoux, les Rois et leur fête, le Carnaval et sa marotte.
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  2. (by extension) a puppet attached to a wooden stick
  3. (by extension) a wooden head used to model headgear
  4. (informal, figuratively) an obsession
    Elle parle de musique sans arrêt, c’est sa marotte.
    She talks about music all the time, it's her obsession.

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