sotie

or sot·tie

[ soh-tee ]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sotie¹

1785–95; < French, Middle French: literally, foolishness, equivalent to sot fool + -ie -y ³

Example Sentences

The sotie was directly satirical, and only assumed the guise of folly as a stalking-horse for shooting wit.

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The morality was the special property of the first, the sotie of the second.

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This was followed by the Sotie itself; then followed the morality, and lastly a farce.

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