Associations to the word «Bete»

Wiktionary

BÊTE DE SCÈNE, noun. A feral player; an actor whose intense performance is likened to a wild animal.
BÊTE DE SCÈNE, noun. A performer with innate talent.
BÊTE NOIR, noun. Misspelling of bête noire.
BÊTE NOIRE, noun. An anathema; someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis