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épater le bourgeois
foreign term épa·ter le bour·geois \ā-pä-tā-lə-bür-zhwä\
Definition of ÉPATER LE BOURGEOIS
: to shock the middle classesVariants of ÉPATER LE BOURGEOIS
épa·ter le bour·geois or épater les bour·geois \-lā-bür-\
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Origin of ÉPATER LE BOURGEOIS
French
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