tour de force
noun/ˌtuɹ.dəˈfoɹs/US
Etymology
Borrowed from French tour de force (“feat of strength”), circa 19th century.
Definitions
A feat demonstrating brilliance or mastery in a field.
- Now orbiting Earth, Gravity Probe B is a technological tour de force.
- Much as I admire Wilson’s tour de force—I wish people would read it more and read about it less—my hackles have always risen at the entirely false suggestion that his book influenced mine.
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