diantre epitome of incomprehensibility On a Quora answer, a French word I'd never seen before. It sounded like a name, animal, vegetable, or mineral. With context from context.reverso.net, it seems to be a euphemism for "devil" (diable). Creative letter-swapping, like with tabarouette or tabarnouche instead of tabarnacle (a word originally for religious paraphernalia but more equivalent to an English "oh shit!" than a mere "damn!") 220719 what's it to you? who go blather from