mouton enragé

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1826. Borrowed from French mouton enragé, a nickname given to French politician Nicolas de Condorcet by Turgot, from mouton (“sheep”) + enragé, past participle of enrager (“to enrage”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmuːtɒn ˌɒnɹæˈʒeɪ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈmu.tɑ̃ ɑ̃.ɹɹɑˈʒeɪ/ === Noun === mouton enragé (plural moutons enragés) A normally peaceful person who has become suddenly and uncharacteristically angry. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:mouton enragé. === References === 1999, Ed. Jennifer Speake, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English, Oxford University Press, →ISBN Notes to Marius Chastaing (July 1832) "Lyon. Défense de la Mercuriale.", L'Écho de la Fabrique. “mouton enragé, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.