fourbu

French

Etymology

Past participle of Middle French forboire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuʁ.by/
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Adjective

fourbu (feminine fourbue, masculine plural fourbus, feminine plural fourbues)

  1. worn out
  2. exhausted
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Hippolyte partit à Neufchâtel, et Justin talonna si fort le cheval de Bovary, qu'il le laissa dans la côte du bois Guillaume, fourbu et aux trois quarts crevé.
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    • 1970, Léo Ferré, “Avec les temps”:
      Et l'on se sent blanchi comme un cheval fourbu
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