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enfant terrible

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One whose startlingly unconventional behavior, work, or thought embarrasses or disturbs others.

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  • noun An unconventional badly-behaved person who causes embarrassment or shock to others.

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  • noun a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French : enfant, child + terrible, frightful.]

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Borrowing from French enfant terrible ("terrible child").

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  • One who is strikingly, shockingly unconventional. (From WordCraft)

    May 20, 2008