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enfant terrible

(änn te rēbl')

  1. an unmanageable, mischievous child
  2. anyone constantly vexing, startling, or embarrassing others, as, in the arts, by outraging conventional opinion or expectations

Origin: Fr

See enfant terrible in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun en·fants ter·ri·bles
One whose startlingly unconventional behavior, work, or thought embarrasses or disturbs others: The radical painter was the enfant terrible of the art establishment.

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Origin: French

Origin: : enfant, child

Origin: + terrible, frightful

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