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noun
An unconventional badly-behaved person who causes embarrassment or shock to others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An unusually successful person who is strikingly unorthodox, innovative, or avant-garde.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A wild child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, obsolete
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noun
a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: nonconformist, recusant
History
Unadapted borrowing from French enfant terrible (literally “terrible child”).
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
