enfant terrible

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   a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others

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Questions about enfant terrible

What does enfant terrible mean?

enfant terrible means "a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others".

Is enfant terrible a common word?

enfant terrible is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.