boiteux

French

Etymology

From Old French boistous or from boiter, from Old French botter, débotter (“dislocate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bwa.tø/
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Adjective

boiteux (feminine singular boiteuse, masculine plural boiteux, feminine plural boiteuses)

lame, limping
(of furniture) wobbly, shaky
(of ribbon, textiles) embroidered on one side only
(of a phrase, sentence) clumsy
(of peace, a truce) unstable

Derived terms

boiteusement

Noun

boiteux m (plural boiteux, feminine boiteuse)

cripple, lame person
Jésus guérit les boiteux. ― Jesus healed the lame.

Further reading

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

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