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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)
- 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
Noun
boiteux m (plural boiteux, feminine boiteuse)
- cripple, lame person
- Jésus guérit les boiteux. ― Jesus healed the lame.
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