engouement
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French, literally ‘something stuck in the throat’.
NounEdit
engouement
- 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.
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
engouement m (plural engouements)
Further readingEdit
- “engouement” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).