apprenti-sorcier
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Etymology edit
Calque of German Zauberlehrling.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apprenti-sorcier m (plural apprentis-sorciers)
- (derogatory) sorcerer's apprentice (person who experiments carelessly, without paying attention to the possible consequences of their experiments and without the ability to contain them should they spiral out of control)
- jouer à l’apprenti-sorcier ― to play God