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enfant terrible /ˌɒ̃fɒ̃ tɛˈriːbl(ə) /noun (plural enfants terribles pronounced same)A person who behaves in an unconventional or controversial way: the enfant terrible of contemporary art...- Though he was just beginning his teaching career, Barth was, at the time, already something of a controversial celebrity, an enfant terrible among European theologians.
- The 39-year-old looks more like an accountant than the enfant terrible of contemporary Hollywood cinema.
- The enfant terrible of the British art scene raised a cool £11m last week by selling off a load of old restaurant fittings.
Origin French, literally 'terrible child'. |