épater le bourgeois
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.épa·ter le bour·geois
foreign term \ā-pä-tā-lə-bür-zhwä\Definition of ÉPATER LE BOURGEOIS
: to shock the middle classes
Variants of ÉPATER LE BOURGEOIS
épa·ter le bour·geois or épater les bour·geois \-lā-bür-\
Origin of ÉPATER LE BOURGEOIS
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