é|pa|ter le bour|geois

é|pa|ter le bour|geois
é|pa|ter le bour|geois «ay pa TAY luh bur ZHWAH»,
French. to shock the bourgeois: »

He was an establishment figure but found it a pleasure and…a duty to épater le bourgeois (London Times).


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