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Frenchiness

Frenchiness noun: the state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.

Noun

Frenchiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.
    • Pixie waved her hands with the Frenchiness of gesture which was the outcome of an education abroad, and which made an amusing contrast with an Irish accent, unusually pronounced.1914, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey, The Love Affairs of Pixie, The Religious Tract Society, page 13
    • The result is a menu of more arty playfulness than many other local establishments, still wearing its Frenchiness on its sleeve.2011, Diana K. Schwam, Frommer's New Orleans 2011, Wiley, →ISBN

Origin of Frenchiness

From Frenchy + -ness.

Questions about Frenchiness

What does Frenchiness mean?
Frenchiness means the state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.
What part of speech is Frenchiness?
Frenchiness is a noun.

Words near Frenchiness in the dictionary

  1. frenchifies
  2. frenchify
  3. frenchifying
  4. Frenchiko
  5. Frenchily
  6. Frenchiness
  7. frenching
  8. frenchise
  9. Frenchised
  10. frenchises
  11. Frenchising

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