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bete noire
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bete noire \B[^e]te" noire"\ [Fr., lit. black beast.] Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"insufferable person," 1844, from French bête noire "personal aversion," as an adjective, "stupid, foolish;" literally "the black beast."
WordNet
n. a detested person; "he is an anathema to me" [syn: anathema]
Wikipedia
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Bête Noire is an international comics anthology published by Fantagraphics Books. While planned to be four issues, only the first issue was published.
Usage examples of "bete noire".
The older members of the community amongst which he had lived all his life remained faithful to him, but the younger men seemed to prefer the methods employed by his rival and bete noire, Mr Sampson Warrenby, an upstart of no more than fifteen years standing in the district.
In January 1998, she agreed to a Bushells tea television commercial with her bete noire Arthur Tunstall.
Victor Emmanuel laughed long and loudly, and so did his retinue, for Zanni was poking fun at the king's own bete noire, the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and his meddlesome mother, the Dowager Empress Sophia.