Frenchless
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Frenchless (not comparable)
- Without (an understanding of) the French language.
- 1891, Journal of Education, volume 23, page 186:
- […] exactly as we detest the Frenchless and the dullard who makes no headway in the ancient languages.
- 1985, Gary Taylor, To Analyze Delight: A Hedonist Criticism of Shakespeare, page 124:
- For Shakespeare's audience, the slang use of 'cony' would probably have made the joke apparent, even to the Frenchless.