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rebours

/ʁə.buʁ/

adjective/ʁə.buʁ/

churlish, disagreeable

From Vulgar Latin *rebursus, alteration of reburrus (“with bristing hair”) by analogy with reversus.

noun, masculine/ʁə.buʁ/

opposite, reverse

Related: à rebours

From Vulgar Latin *rebursus, alteration of reburrus (“with bristing hair”) by analogy with reversus.