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succès fou
[s
noun
French.
an extraordinarily great success.
succès fou
/ syksɛ fu /
noun
a fantastic success
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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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