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French
Etymology
From Latin Heauton Timorumenos, name of a play by Terence, from Ancient Greek ἑαυτόν (heautón) + τιμωρούμενος (timōroúmenos). Popularized in a poem of the same name by Charles Baudelaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.o.tɔ̃.ti.mɔ.ʁu.me.nɔs/
Noun
héautontimorouménos m (plural héautontimorouménos)
- (rare) self-tormentor
2015 February 10, Michel Cabirol, quoting Emmanuel Macron, “Je ne peux pas être accusé d’être L’héautontimorouménos”, in La Tribune:Je ne suis là que dans mon rôle : je ne peux donc pas être accusé d’être L’héautontimorouménos !- (please add an English translation of this quotation)