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Definition of Bete noire
1. Noun. A detested person. "He is an anathema to me"
Definition of Bete noire
1. Noun. An anathema; someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bete Noire
Literary usage of Bete noire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Dame Curtsey's" book of party pastimes for the up-to-date hostess by Ellye Howell Glover (1912)
"(Cry before night.) Each guest was asked to relate her favorite superstition;
also to tell any true mystery tale. A bete noire Dance DID ..."
2. The Medical Examination for Life Insurance and Its Associated Clinical by Charles Lyman Greene (1905)
"This disease is the bete noire of life-insurance examiners, and a few words
concerning it will not be out of place in this section. ..."
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