Etymology

boutefeu

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Today it means: An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. Full definition →

French boutefeu
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  1. French · borrowed fromboutefeu
  2. English todayboutefeu

Borrowed from French boutefeu, from bouter (“to thrust, put”) + feu (“fire”).

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