Frenchlessadj.
/ˈfrɛn(t)ʃləs/, U.S. /ˈfrɛn(t)ʃˌləs/ That does not speak, read, or understand French; that lacks or does not use French.
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Frenchless1818
1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris ix. 26 As for me, a Frenchless grub, At Congress never born to stammer.
1894 Sat. Rev. 3 Mar. 230 The rest [of the Romaunt of the Rose] has to go in double columns of smaller type, Frenchless.
1917 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 15 Mar. 10/3 (heading) Frenchless menu... At last! One of New York's leading hotels is out in the open with a menu printed in English.
1960 Classical Rev. 10 197 His own view, for which the Frenchless reader might have been referred to Myres's summary in Greece and Rome, xx–xxi, is that there were two Homers.
2004 National Rev. (Nexis) 16 Apr. So the woman sold everything she owned.., moved to Agincourt and bought the cafe. Financially, she was clueless; linguistically, she was Frenchless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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