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enfant terrible
(än fän te rē′bl')
- an unmanageable, mischievous child
- 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.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: : enfant, child
Origin: + terrible, frightful
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