exutoire

French

Etymology

From Latin exuō (“to draw out, take off, free”) (perfect passive participle exūtus) +‎ -oire (suffix forming masculine nouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zy.twaʁ/

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Noun

exutoire m (plural exutoires)

1. (also figurative) outlet (release of desires)
   • 1997, “Elle donne son corps avant son nom”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:

     J’ai dû trouver un exutoire pour passer mes nerfs / Et un skin a morflé des coups de Black et Decker

     I had to find someone [an outlet] to take it out on / And a skinhead bore the brunt of my Black and Decker

See also

• échappatoire

Further reading

• “exutoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.