enfant gâtén.
/ɒnfɒŋ ˈɡateɪ/ A person who is accorded excessive adulation or indulgence.
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the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > one who loves too much > person accorded excessive adulation
enfant gâté1802
1802 W. Gifford tr. Juvenal Satires p. xlvi In a word, Horace seems to have been the enfant gaté of the palace.
1833 W. Scott Introd. Novels I. 479 The Author of the Waverley Novels..might..have been termed L'Enfant Gâté of success.
1892 E. Dowson Lett. (1967) 275 I..think that there is..beneath her double perversity of enfant gâtée and jeune fille coquette a solid foundation of affection.
1937 A. J. Cronin Citadel iii. vi. 298 Frances..had an amused affection for the enfant gâté.
1960 Times 2 June 12/3 As a person he has survived the period of being the enfant gâté of post-war Germany.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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- rhythmless
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- riding frock
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