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succès fou

[syk-se foo]

noun

French.
  1. an extraordinarily great success.



succès fou

/ syksɛ fu /

noun

  1. a fantastic success

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of succès fou1

literally: mad success
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Example Sentences

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A novel in the guise of a confession, it was taken by many American readers as a confession in the guise of a novel: Portnoy became an immediate bestseller and a succès fou.

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Now, however, with dogged “the show must go on” determination, we have a succès fou.

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The largely French audience was expecting un succès fou, and they got one—but not the one they expected.

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Another scandalous novel, It's Me, Eddie, enjoyed a succès fou.

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Succès Fou Not long ago, few people took Marc Restellini, a charismatic French art historian, au sérieux.

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