épatantadj.

/eɪpaˈtɒ̃/

Etymology: French, present participle of épater (see épater v.).

Shocking (to the conventionally-minded). (Usually with implied reference to the next.) Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > worthy of disapproval > shocking

shocking1703

épatant1925

gross-out1973

1925 G. B. Shaw Shaw on Theatre (1958) 171 The old anti-bourgeois weeklies..always Frondeur and épatant no matter who was in power, have disappeared.

1945 W. Stevens Let. 16 May (1967) 500 No one seems to be more addicted to the epatant (but it is not in any meretricious sense).

1961 Listener 16 Nov. 825/3 It has to be striking, astonishing, titillating, in a particular way—it has to be épatant.

1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 502 When Benedick says, ‘Well, a horn for my money when all's done,’ he is being deliberately épatant.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	épatant
释义	épatantadj. /eɪpaˈtɒ̃/ Etymology: French, present participle of épater (see épater v.). Shocking (to the conventionally-minded). (Usually with implied reference to the next.) Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > worthy of disapproval > shocking shocking1703 épatant1925 gross-out1973 1925 G. B. Shaw Shaw on Theatre (1958) 171 The old anti-bourgeois weeklies..always Frondeur and épatant no matter who was in power, have disappeared. 1945 W. Stevens Let. 16 May (1967) 500 No one seems to be more addicted to the epatant (but it is not in any meretricious sense). 1961 Listener 16 Nov. 825/3 It has to be striking, astonishing, titillating, in a particular way—it has to be épatant. 1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 502 When Benedick says, ‘Well, a horn for my money when all's done,’ he is being deliberately épatant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1925
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