borgne

It comes from latin word luscus that means one eyed, and what is funny is that one-eyed is “borgne” in French, a word that can be used like “louche”, but only for places, not for people : un hotel borgne, or un hotel louche…

N.Y. Times mines its data to identify words that readers find abstruse » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009

ÉBORGNER, rendre borgne; priver de la vue d'un oeil.

French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

` ` _Parmi les aveugles un borgne est roi, _ '' says the French proverb; and the cavalry, which consisted chiefly of Lowland gentlemen, their tenants and servants, formed a high opinion of Waverley's skill, and a great attachment to his person.

The Waverley 1877

'Il y a en chinois: un bouddha est difficile à rencontrer, comme les fleurs Udumbara et Palâça; et en outre comme si une tortue borgne voulait rencontrer un trou dans un bois flottant (litt. le trou d'un bois flottant).

Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861

-- The borgne is one of the most extraordinary men I ever knew.

Brackenridge's Journal of a Voyage up The Missouri River, in 1811 1811

'Parmi les aveugles un borgne est roi,' says the French proverb; and the cavalry, which consisted chiefly of Lowland gentlemen, their tenants and servants, formed a high opinion of Waverley's skill and a great attachment to his person.

Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

'Parmi les aveugles un borgne est roi,' says the French proverb; and the cavalry, which consisted chiefly of

Waverley Walter Scott 1801

'Parmi les aveugles un borgne est roi,' says the French proverb; and the cavalry, which consisted chiefly of Lowland gentlemen, their tenants and servants, formed a high opinion of Waverley's skill and a great attachment to his person.

Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801

Elle est son hyene borgne ne representent pas le cambodge.

KI Media 2009

‘Parmi les aveugles un borgne est roi,’ says the French proverb; and the cavalry, which consisted chiefly of Lowland gentlemen, their tenants and servants, formed a high opinion of Waverley’s skill and a great attachment to his person.

Waverley 2004