butinent et lutinent

English translation: fondle and nuzzle

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French term or phrase:	butinent et lutinent
English translation:	fondle and nuzzle
Entered by:	Janice Giffin

08:00 Sep 28, 2015

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Poetry & Literature

French term or phrase: butinent et lutinent

From an academic text on Proust:

Un regard habité de désir cesse pour d’être purement visuel pour devenir olfactif, tactile et gustatif. Les yeux restituent la douceur et la saveur sous la couleur de la peau, ils se font mains et lèvres invisibles qui ***butinent et lutinent*** en toute innocence et en toute impunité.

It refers to this passage from "A l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs" :

"Les hommes, les jeunes gens, les femmes vieilles ou mûres avec qui nous croyons nous plaire, ne sont portés pour nous que sur une plane et inconsistante superficie, parce que nous ne prenons conscience d’eux que par la perception visuelle réduite à elle-même ; mais c’est comme déléguée des autres sens qu’elle se dirige vers les jeunes filles ; ils vont chercher l’une derrière l’autre les diverses qualités odorantes, tactiles, savoureuses, qu’ils goûtent ainsi même sans le secours des mains et des lèvres ; et capables, grâce aux arts de transposition, au génie de synthèse où excelle le désir, de restituer sous la couleur des joues ou de la poitrine, l’attouchement, la dégustation, les contacts interdits, ils donnent à ces filles la même consistance mielleuse qu’ils font quand ils butinent dans une roseraie, ou dans une vigne dont ils mangent des yeux les grappes."

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fondle and nuzzle

Explanation:
Fondle (with the hands) and nuzzle (with the lips). The two words don't rhyme like the original text, but they both end with "le" and have the same intonation.

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fondle and nuzzle

Explanation:
Fondle (with the hands) and nuzzle (with the lips). The two words don't rhyme like the original text, but they both end with "le" and have the same intonation.

Example sentence(s):

...tricked two young women into taking off their shoes so he could fondle their feet...
His warm lips nuzzled her temple. “I just have to let you know...you're driving me wild in that dress.

Reference: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/fetishist-fondled-women...
Reference: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/323682-his-lips-nuzzled-her-...

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