fourbu

French

Etymology

Past participle of Middle French forboire.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fuʁ.by/

Adjective

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

worn out
exhausted
- 1970, Léo Ferré (lyrics and music), “Avec les temps”:
  Et l’on se sent blanchi comme un cheval fourbu
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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

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