fourbu

French

Etymology

Past participle of Middle French forboire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuʁ.by/

Adjective

fourbu (feminine fourbue, masculine plural fourbus, feminine plural fourbues)

1. worn out
2. exhausted
   • 1970, Léo Ferré (lyrics and music), “Avec les temps”:

     Et l’on se sent blanchi comme un cheval fourbu

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “fourbu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.