English
folie du doute
Folie du doute comes from French folie du doute.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfolie du douteliterally ‘madness of doubt’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfolie du douteliterally ‘madness of doubt’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from French folie du doute (literally “madness of doubt”).
Every English word from French folie du doute
Today it means
noun Pathological doubting about all affairs of life and indecisiveness in choice situations.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French folie du doute / folie du doute