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boiteux.

lame, limping

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/bwa.tø/

  1. lame, limping

  2. wobbly, shaky

  3. embroidered on one side only

  4. clumsy

  5. unstable

Where this word comes from

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

noun/bwa.tø/

  1. cripple, lame person

    invariable · masculine
    Jésus guérit les boiteux.
Where this word comes from

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

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