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 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

• boiteusement
• canard boiteux

Noun

boiteux m (plural boiteux, feminine boiteuse)

1. cripple, lame person

   Jésus guérit les boiteux. ― Jesus healed the lame.

Further reading

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