enfant terrible
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noun \äⁿ-fäⁿ-te-ˈrēblə\ plural enfants terribles \same\
Definition of ENFANT TERRIBLE
1
a : a child whose inopportune remarks cause embarrassment b : a person known for shocking remarks or outrageous behavior
2
: a usually young and successful person who is strikingly unorthodox, innovative, or avant-garde
See Examples of ENFANT TERRIBLE
- <an author who reveled in his role as the enfant terrible of American letters>
Origin of ENFANT TERRIBLE
French, literally, terrifying child
First Known Use: 1851
Related to ENFANT TERRIBLE
- Synonyms
- bohemian, boho, counterculturist, deviant, nonconformist, free spirit, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, loner, lone ranger, lone wolf, maverick, nonconformer
- Antonyms
- conformer, conformist
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