succès fou
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "This coyness produced the desired effect: the exhibit at the Fine Arts Society Gallery on Bond Street proved "a howling success” and “a mob scene.” “It was a succès fou, recalled Arthur Houghton much later. A succès fou is right,” added Gates."
- "I'm glad to report that the masses are still attending my orations at 12 on Mondays and I'm even given to understand, through some of my more faithful former pupils, that I am having what ladies in Henry James call a succès fou."
- "“I am caged! I don't fit in, and I never will. You are so right. It's not being American—it's being myself. I'm a writer, Adrian!” “Well, what if you are? You're a succès fou.”"
- "For the past year,Natasha Lawrence had been playing the title role in Estella, a musical by a celebrated English composer which had been a succès fou in London,and was now a succès fou in New York."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French