épaterPronunciation: /eɪˈpateɪ, epate/Definition of épater verb (in phrase épater les bourgeois) shock people who have attitudes or views perceived as conventional or complacent: the artist was trying to épater les bourgeois again with ‘Altar’, made of bloodstained stretchersOrigin:Frenchépater in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of épater in the US English dictionary
