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monstre sacré

monstre sacré noun: a striking, unusual public figure; an eccentric celebrity.

Noun

monstre sacré (plural monstres sacrés)

  1. A striking, unusual public figure; an eccentric celebrity.
    • […] Picasso changed, or was changed, from a capital painter, known as such a painter should be known, into a monstre sacré, a holy cow surrounded with an enormous, self-perpetuating, inescapable, and generally irrelevant notoriety.1994 [1976], Patrick O'Brian, Picasso: A Biography, London: Harvill, page 372
    • Ken Russell's BBC film (with Vivian Pickles) and Kenneth MacMillan's Isadora ballet portrayed her as a grotesque monstre sacre.2002 January 27, Jann Parry, The Observer

Forms of monstre sacré

pluralmonstres sacrés

Origin of monstre sacré

From French monstre sacré (literally “holy monster”).

Questions about monstre sacré

What does monstre sacré mean?
Monstre sacré means a striking, unusual public figure; an eccentric celebrity.
What part of speech is monstre sacré?
Monstre sacré is a noun.
What is the plural of monstre sacré?
The plural of monstre sacré is monstres sacrés.

Words near monstre sacré in the dictionary

  1. monstrances
  2. monstrate
  3. monstration
  4. monstrations
  5. monstre
  6. monstre sacré
  7. monstres
  8. monstres sacrés
  9. monstress
  10. monstresses
  11. monstricide

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