enfant
Parisian family member
Enfant is French for child, borrowed into English primarily in set phrases.
An *enfant terrible* is someone whose unconventional behavior or ideas shock or embarrass others in their field: The director remains the enfant terrible of independent cinema.
The term literally means "terrible child" but typically describes adults who defy establishment norms.
Child learning to walk
diapers · playpen · pacifier · teething · lullaby · bassinet · stroller · kindergarten
Uncontaminated quality
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
- guilelessFree from deceit
- angelicDivinely pure and good
- wholesomeConducive to well-being
trustful · unblemished · ingenuous · unspoiled · wonder · curiosity · playfulness · carefree
One who deliberately incites
- rebelAuthority defier
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- controversialCausing public dispute
- disruptiveTending to interrupt order
boundary-pushing · audacious · maverick · iconoclast · prodigy · wunderkind · precocious
toddler
Child learning to walk
crib · diapers · playpen · pacifier · teething · lullaby · bassinet · stroller · kindergarten · preschool
purity
Uncontaminated quality
wholesome · trustful · unblemished · ingenuous · unspoiled · wonder · curiosity · playfulness · carefree · wide-eyed
garçon
French word for boy
Paris · francophone · chanson · pâtisserie · bistro · Louvre
provocateur
One who deliberately incites
- rebelAuthority defier
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- controversialCausing public dispute
disruptive · boundary-pushing · audacious · maverick · iconoclast · prodigy · wunderkind · precocious
enfantprovider
One who furnishes things
caretaker · guardian · breadwinner · parent
enfantparent
Mother or father
father · mother · grandparent · grand-parent · ascendant
- enfants terriblesShockingly unconventional young people