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To: Servant of the Cross
Bête Noire

Just what is that supposed to mean?

Black Knight?

What context does the word come form.

3 posted on 09/02/2014 1:26:14 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mountainlion

The actual translation is “Black beast”


4 posted on 09/02/2014 1:29:46 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
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To: mountainlion
Etymology

Borrowing from French bête noire (literally “black beast”).

Noun

An anathema; someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence.

5 posted on 09/02/2014 1:30:51 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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