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.

See also

excentrique

Further reading

“hurluberlu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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