éperdu, -e, adj., distracted, bewildered, aghast. Tout — d’amour; quite distraught with love.
éperdument, adv., distractedly, passionately, desperately.
éperlan, n.m., (ich.) smelt, sparling.
éperon (épron), n.m., spur; wrinkle, crow’s foot; gaffle (of game cocks); (arch.) buttress, counterfort; (nav.) head of a ship; cutwater, ram; (fort.) spur. Donner de l’— à un cheval; to clap spurs to a horse. Chausser les —s; to put on spurs. Cheval qui n’a ni bouche ni —; horse that obeys neither rein nor spur. Il a besoin d’—s; he wants spurring on. Chausser les — à quelqu’un; to put spurs on any one.
éperonné, -e (é-pro-né), adj., spurred; wrinkled. Elle a les yeux —s; she has wrinkles about her eyes.
éperonner, v.a., to spur; to spur on; to urge forward; to wrinkle.
éperonnerie, n.f., spur-making, spur-trade.
éperonnier, n.m., spur-maker; Indian peacock.
éperonnière, n.f., spur-leather; (bot.) larkspur.
épervier, n.m., (orni.) hawk, sparrow-hawk; cast-net.