baveux

French

Etymology

baver +‎ -eux

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.vø/

Adjective

baveux (feminine singular baveuse, masculine plural baveux, feminine plural baveuses)

wet; drooling; dripping
(Canada, informal) arrogant and cheeky against authority; cocky
- 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 135:
  "Et insolente avec les profs. La moitié des élèves l'admire parce qu'elle est baveuse." — And cheeky with teachers. Half the students admire her for her cockiness.

Related terms

baveur

Further reading

“baveux” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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