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Meaning of enfant de coeur | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A child who sings in a choir, typically quiet and well-behaved.

obsolete

Examples

“"Nowadays, the young people sit while their elders stand!" the Abbot succinctly said, riveting a curly-pated enfant de coeur lolling coxcombically beneath the nose of a doating Statilia.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

enfant terrible enfantement Enfeeble Enfeebled Enfeeblement enfeebler

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