engouement

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French, literally ‘something stuck in the throat’.

NounEdit

engouement

1. An infatuation, an irrational liking for something.
   • 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:

     Their rulers, politicians, revolutions set apart, and this horrible engouement for Bonaparte.

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From engouer +‎ -ment.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ɡumɑ̃/

NounEdit

engouement m (plural engouements)

1. craze, zest, keen interest

Further readingEdit

• “engouement” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).