Oh there have been some really fun new words in my dictionary-check notebook recently. I’m sure I have learned and forgotten some of these in the past and there were definitely a couple that I remembered as soon as I checked them. Here they are:
Anse de panier nf – basket handle arch (architectural)
Mistigri nm – malkin (cat)
Mitard nm – solitary (confinement) eg. Il a fait 15 jours de mitard – he did 2 weeks of solitary.
Chiader v – to cram, to swot up (for an exam)
Crapoteux/crapoteuse adj – murky, gloomy (place). Grimy (person).
Nippes nfpl – togs (informal word for clothes)
Essorer v – 1. To wring/wring out (twisting fabric). 2. To spin-dry (in a machine). 3. To spin (salad). 4. To shake dry.
Désuet(e) adj – outmoded
Vadrouiller v – to wander, to walk without a destination
Came across crapoteux in L’Etranger this week! Thanks for the heads up. 🙂