dégourdir
French
verb
Definitions
- (reflexive) to warm up (one's fingers etc); to stretch (one's legs)
- (transitive) to teach a thing or two, knock the rough edges off
Etymology
Affix from French gourd (benumbed).
Origin
French
gourd
Gloss
benumbed
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gourdy English
- gurdus Latin
- gourd French
- gourdement French