One whose startlingly unconventional behavior, work, or thought embarrasses or disturbs others: The radical painter was the enfant terrible of the art establishment.
[French : enfant, child + terrible, frightful.]
enfant terrible
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Meaning #1:
a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others
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