déraisonner

French

Etymology

From déraison +‎ -er. Cf. also Old French deraisnier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ ~ /de.ʁe.zɔ.ne/
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Verb

déraisonner

  1. to talk nonsense, rave
    • 1864, Jules Verne, Voyage au centre de la Terre, sourced from [1]:
      Il t'est permis de te taire, Axel, quand tu voudras déraisonner de la sorte.
      You shall have my leave to hold your tongue, Axel, but not to talk in that irrational way.

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