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Definition of Enfant terrible

1. Noun. A person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfant Terrible

enerves enerving enes Enesco Enets enew enewed enewing enews enface

enfaced enfaces enfacing enfant enfants enfant terrible (current term) enfeeble enfeebled enfeeblement enfeeblements

enfeebler enfeeblers enfeebles enfeebling enfelon enfeloned enfelons enfeoff enfeoffed enfeoffing

Literary usage of Enfant terrible

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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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