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verb

briller par son absence

/bʁi.je paʁ sɔ̃.n‿ap.sɑ̃s/

verb/bʁi.je paʁ sɔ̃.n‿ap.sɑ̃s/

to be conspicuous by one's absence

Coined by Marie-Joseph Chénier in his tragedy Tibère, based on a similar wording in the Annals (3,76) of Tacitus.