boiteux
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French boistous or from boiter, from Old French botter, débotter (“dislocate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
boiteux (feminine 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
boiteux m (plural boiteux, feminine boiteuse)
Further reading[edit]
- “boiteux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.