honi soit qui mal y pense

foreign term ho·ni soit qui mal y pense \ȯ-nē-swä-kē-mäl-ē-päⁿs\

Definition of HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE

: shamed be he who thinks evil of it —motto of the Order of the Garter

French

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