Definition of "marotte" []

• A fool's bauble. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Europe with their traditional costume of motley, cap and bells, and marotte."
• "How often this is so with the visions of domesticity — the detailed picture of what our home will be like; or, of life among our fellow-citizens or in society; or, again, of living in the country — the kind of house we shall have, its surroundings, the marks of honor and respect that will be paid to us, and so on, — whatever our hobby may be; chaque fou a sa marotte."
• "Never mind the grammar, the sentences above illustrate my ignorance of la grammaire, mais l’orthographe … c’est ma marotte."