bancal

Meaning

  1. bow-legged, bandy-legged (of person)
  2. rickety, wobbly (of table etc.)
  3. shaky, unclear, illogical

Frequency

37k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɑ̃.kal/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Old Occitan bancal, from Medieval Latin bancālis, from the base of Proto-Germanic *bankiz + -alis.

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