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Webster 1913 Edition


Boutade

Bou-tade′

,
Noun.
[F., fr.
bouter
to thrust. See
Butt
.]
An outbreak; a caprice; a whim.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Boutade

BOUTA'DE

,
Noun.
[Eng.put.] Properly, a start; hence, a whim. [Not English.]