单词 | francomania |
释义 | Francomanian. A craze or excessive liking for France or for French people or things. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > France > excessive Francomania1791 Gallomania1877 French 'flu1943 1791 Chateau de Myrelle 125 I do not own this opinion here, lest it should incur the censure of Francomania. 1859 Times 4 Nov. 10/1 A venerable patriarch of a book, in its more than hundred years it has outlived dynasties and changes of opinions—Anglo-mania, Franco-mania, Germano-mania. 1899 Daily News 8 May 8/2 From 1750 to the Revolution, Anglo-mania in France was fostered by Franco-mania in England. 1930 Social Sci. Abstr. 1000 The Francomania of the Restoration. 1999 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Dec. 72 While I'm partial to French wine pretty often myself, I think this posh dinner francomania is somewhat blinkered. Derivatives Francoˈmaniac n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > France > excessive > person Gallomaniac1819 Francomaniac1872 1872 H. Morford Short-Trip Guide to Europe 252 A few of the most notable of the notable things of the ‘world's capital’ (as Frenchmen and Franco-maniacs delight to call it). 1908 Daily Chron. 4 Mar. 6/6 That Francomaniac, Frederick the Great. 2000 Irish Times (Nexis) 29 Jan. 73 Spain? Portugal? Italy? Only grudgingly, if at all, do dedicated francomaniacs acknowledge that these countries occasionally produce anything worth drinking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1791 |
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