hurluberlu
French
Etymology
hurelu (“ruffled”) and berlu (“who cannot see clearly, who is eccentric”) or perhaps from English hurly-burly.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /yʁ.ly.bɛʁ.ly/
Noun
hurluberlu m (plural hurluberlus)
- weirdo (eccentric person)
- 1938, Francis Carco L’Homme de Minuit:
- Il discernait qu'il avait affaire à un personnage exceptionnellement distrait, mais il n'était pas responsable d'une pareille balourdise chez cet hurluberlu qui visait à l'élégance.
- 1938, Francis Carco L’Homme de Minuit:
See also
Further reading
- “hurluberlu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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