lésine

See also: lesine and lésiné

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lesina. Doublet of alêne.

Pronunciation

Noun

lésine f (plural lésines)

  1. (dated) miserliness, stinginess
    Synonym: avarice
    • 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Au lecteur”, in Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil], Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise:
      La sottise, l’erreur, le péché, la lésine / Occupent nos esprits et travaillent nos corps,
      Foolishness, error, sin, miserliness / Occupy our minds and work on our bodies,

Verb

lésine

  1. inflection of lésiner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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