boiteux

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. lame, limping
  2. (of furniture) wobbly, shaky
  3. (of ribbon, textiles) embroidered on one side only
  4. (of a phrase, sentence) clumsy
  5. (of peace, a truce) unstable

Derived terms

Noun

boiteux m (plural boiteux, feminine boiteuse)

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

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