femme incomprise
/fam ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁiz/UK/fam aŋkɒmˈpɹiːz/
femme incomprise noun: a misunderstood or unappreciated woman.
Noun
femme incomprise (plural femmes incomprises)
- A misunderstood or unappreciated woman.
- Strong laughed. “Oh, Miss Amory is a muse—Miss Amory is a mystery—Miss Amory is a femme incomprise.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XXIII, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
- He posed as the horror of horrors—a misunderstood man. Heaven knows the femme incomprise is sad enough and bad enough—but the other thing![1889 January], Rudyard Kipling, “A Second-rate Woman”, in Under the Deodars (A. H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library; no. 4), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: A[rthur] H[enry] Wheeler & Co.; London...
Forms of femme incomprise
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Origin of femme incomprise
Borrowed from French femme incomprise (literally “misunderstood woman”).
Questions about femme incomprise
- What does femme incomprise mean?
- Femme incomprise means a misunderstood or unappreciated woman.
- What part of speech is femme incomprise?
- Femme incomprise is a noun.
- How do you pronounce femme incomprise?
- Femme incomprise is pronounced /fam ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁiz/.
- What is the plural of femme incomprise?
- The plural of femme incomprise is femmes incomprises.
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