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Definition of Enfant terrible
1. Noun. A person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others.
Definition of Enfant terrible
1. Noun. An unconventional badly-behaved person who causes embarrassment or shock to others. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfant Terrible
Literary usage of Enfant terrible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"... which resulted in the removal of the grand ducal enfant terrible. It happened
once that some Prussian officers, who had lived for a long while in one of ..."
2. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"HER BROTHER: enfant terrible* BY EDWIN L. SABIN This is Her brother ; angel-
faced, — - Barring freckles and turned-up nose,— Demon-minded — a word well ..."
3. Mirabeau and the French Revolution by Fred Morrow Fling (1908)
"CHAPTER VII L' enfant terrible QN the ninth of March, 1749,1 at the Chateau de
Bignon, an heir was born to the Marquis de Mirabeau. ..."
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