单词 | frenchness |
释义 | Frenchnessn. Frequently depreciative. The quality or state of being French, or of displaying French characteristics. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > quality or characteristic of Frenchery1592 Gallicism1715 Frenchism1793 Frenchness1816 Frenchiness1855 1816 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 14 357 The nauseating frenchness (if we may so call it) of the French stage. 1850 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 14 257 We are not so much inclined to smile at the Frenchness of the notion. 1909 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 15 Dec. 7/4 (advt.) The ‘Frenchness’ of these untrimmed hats here really costs you nothing. 1961 Times 9 June 15/6 This Frenchness appears in many ways—architecturally, for example, as in Alderney, where the little town of St. Anne's..sets one immediately in northern France. 2002 I. Knight Don't you want Me? i. 8 Odd of my mother to marry a Frenchman and then be embarrassed by Frenchness, isn't it? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1816 |
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