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Frenchy, a. (adv.) and n.|ˈfrɛnʃɪ|
Also Frenchie.
[f. French a. + -y.]
A. adj. Characteristic of what is French (as opposed to English, etc.); French-like.
1826H. N. Coleridge West Indies 148 St. Pierre is a pretty..town..it is neat and Frenchy. a1828D. Wordsworth Tour Continent in Jrnls. (1941) II. 318 A long Village—frenchy in the better style. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Lit. Wks. (Bohn) II. 103 The Englishman..prefers his hot chop..to the..amplest and Frenchiest bill-of-fare. 1950J. Cannan Murder Included iii. 57 People will suspect Bunny just because she's Frenchy. 1967C. O. Skinner Madame Sarah viii. 147 Word had gotten about that the plays in her repertoire were ‘Frenchy’, meaning naughty.
B. n. A disrespectful name for a Frenchman or a French Canadian.
1883C. M. Yonge Stray Pearls II. xvi. 267 The squires had begun by calling him Frenchy. 1891J. Oxley Chore-Boy of Camp Kippewa 74, I wouldn't give him for half a dozen of those parlez vous Frenchies. 1895Daily News 27 Dec. 7/3 Of what nationality is he, then?—Witness: Why, I think he's a Frenchy. 1905Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xii. 117 We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. 1916‘Boyd Cable’ Action Front 89 Now I wonder who it is. A Frenchie by his tunic sleeve. 1955Times 23 May 3/1 Bobbing up now here, now there, he seeks these Frenchies everywhere in Lisbon. 1965H. Gold Man who was not with It. i. 3 There he is on the midway, Grack the Frenchie, talking for his countstore. 1966Maclean's 2 May 50/4, I was constantly laughed at, pointed at and corrected, as a stupid Frenchy.
Hence ˈFrenchily adv.; ˈFrenchiness.
1881Lit. World (Boston) 21 May 179/2 This [book] is an excellent piece of work, true to its title. Its strain is Frenchily enthusiastic. 1890Pall Mall G. 29 Jan. 3/3 This worship of Frenchiness I would brand as..unworthy of cultured Englishwomen. |