sotie

or sot·tie

[ soh-tee ]

/ soʊˈti /

noun

a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.

Words nearby sotie

sothic, sothic cycle, sothic year, sothis, sotho, sotie, soto, sotol, sotted, sottish, sotto voce

Origin of sotie

1785–95; < French, Middle French: literally, foolishness, equivalent to sot fool + -ie -y³

Examples from the Web for sotie

The sotie was directly satirical, and only assumed the guise of folly as a stalking-horse for shooting wit.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2|Various
This was followed by the Sotie itself; then followed the morality, and lastly a farce.
A Short History of French Literature|George Saintsbury
The morality was the special property of the first, the sotie of the second.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2|Various