boutefeu

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boutefeu

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

noun boutefeus · boutè-feu

obsolete An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. Animated by […] John a Chamber, a very boutefeu, […] they entered into open rebellion.
Similar: firebrand

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noun an incendiary, inciter

Русский	поджига́тель podžigátelʹ, подстрека́тель podstrekátelʹ

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@misc{boutefeu_2026,
  title = {boutefeu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boutefeu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}