fourbu

French

Etymology

Past participle of Middle French forboire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuʁ.by/

Adjective

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

  1. worn out
  2. exhausted
    • 1970, Léo Ferré, “Avec les temps”:
      Et l'on se sent blanchi comme un cheval fourbu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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