fourbe

English

Alternative forms
  • fourb

Etymology

Borrowed from French fourbe

Noun

fourbe (plural fourbes)

  1. (obsolete) A tricky fellow; a cheat.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fourbe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

From fourbir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fuʁb/
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Noun

fourbe f (plural fourbes)

  1. (literary) guile, deception

fourbe m or f (plural fourbes)

  1. double-dealer, swindler

Adjective

fourbe (plural fourbes)

  1. two-faced, treacherous, deceitful

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