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▪ I. parleyvoo, n. humorous.|pɑːlɪˈvuː|
Also 8 parle-vous, 9 parlez-vous, parlyvoo.
[f. F. parlez-vous (parlevu) in parlez-vous français? do you speak French?]
1. The French language, French; school-study of French; pl. French utterances or talk.
1754Foote Knights ii. Wks. 1799 I. 76 In comes a French fellow..with his muff and parle-vous. 1813Southey March to Moscow viii, But he look'd white and he look'd blue, Morbleu! Parbleu! When parlez-vous no more would do. 1822Galt Steam-boat xii. 290 But the bodies hae a civil way with them for a' that, and it's no possible to be angry at their parleyvoos. 1889Lowell in Atlantic Monthly LXIV. 148 No words to spell, no sums to do, No Nepos and no parlyvoo!
2. A Frenchman.
1815Sporting Mag. XLV. 164 Jockies, Jews, and Parlezvous, Courtezans and Quakers. 1884Pae Eustace 91 You'll have the honour of going to fight the frog-eating parleyvoos.
3. attrib. or as adj. = French, or foreign.
1828Moir Mansie Wauch xi. 95 His waistcoat was cut in the Parly-voo fashion.
▪ II. parleyˈvoo, v. slang or humorous.
Also 8 parler vous, 9 parlez-vous, parleyvous.
[Formed as prec. n.]
intr. To speak French; to speak a foreign tongue; to palaver.
1765Foote Commissary ii. Wks. 1799 II. 28 You know I can't parler vous. 1813Southey March to Moscow viii, He would rather parlez-vous than fight. 1823Galt Entail II. xxviii. 265 Me and your honest grandfather..had no foistring and parleyvooing, like your novelle turtle-doves. 1824Macaulay Gt. Lawsuit Misc. Writ. 1860 I. 94 He kept six French masters to teach him to parleyvoo. 1881Sat. Rev. 9 July 44/2 They will be tempted to ask, with their grand⁓fathers, where is the use of all this parleyvooing? |