(ē-dā fēks')

I highly doubt anyone was wondering what idee fixe meant...
but if you were...

here ya go.

i·dée fixe (ē-dā fēks')
n. pl. i·dées fixes (ē-dā fēks')
A fixed idea; an obsession.

[French : idée, idea + fixe, fixed.]

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