Etymology

monstre sacré

Today it means: A striking, unusual public figure; an eccentric celebrity. Full definition →

French monstre sacré
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  1. French · borrowed frommonstre sacré
  2. English todaymonstre sacré

From French monstre sacré (literally “holy monster”).

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