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fleur du mal

noun
\ flœrdᵫ̅mȧl\
plural fleurs du mal\ " \

Definition of fleur du mal

: a morbid or scandalous creation in literature or art

History and Etymology for fleur du mal

French, literally, flower of evil; from Les fleurs du mal (1857), volume of decadent poetry by Pierre-Charles Baudelaire †1867 French poet

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