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Louisianese

Louisianese adjective: of or pertaining to Louisiana or its people; Louisianian.

Adjective

Louisianese (comparative more Louisianese, superlative most Louisianese)

  1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to Louisiana or its people; Louisianian.

Noun

Louisianese (plural Louisianese)

  1. (obsolete) A native or inhabitant of Louisiana; a Louisianian.
    • I boaſt of being married to a Louiſianeſe, whoſe father and uncle were among theſe honourable ſufferers.1798, Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry, A Topographical and Political Description of the Spanish Part of Saint-Domingo, page 234
    • As we approached the cathedral, a dark-hued and finely moulded quadroon, with only a flowing veil upon her head, glided majestically past us. The elegant olive-browned Louisianese—the rosy-cheeked maiden from La belle riviere—the Parisian gentilhomme—a dignified, light-mustached palsgrave, and a...1835, Joseph Holt Ingraham, The South-west, volume 1, page 210

Proper noun

Louisianese

  1. (rare) Louisiana Creole.
    • While some of these creoles, such as Louisianese, have now very nearly disappeared, others, such as Haïtian, which are spoken by important numbers of people, might perhaps lead the scholar to the hasty conclusion of their great vitality.2001, Leçons d’Afrique : filiations, ruptures et reconstitution de langues, page 305

Forms of Louisianese

Adjective
comparativemore Louisianese
superlativemost Louisianese
Noun
pluralLouisianese

Origin of Louisianese

From French louisianais. By surface analysis, Louisiana + -ese.

Questions about Louisianese

What does Louisianese mean?
Louisianese means of or pertaining to Louisiana or its people; Louisianian.
What part of speech is Louisianese?
Louisianese can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Louisianese in the dictionary

  1. Louisiana water thrushes
  2. Louisiana waterthrush
  3. Louisiana waterthrushes
  4. Louisianan
  5. Louisianans
  6. Louisianese
  7. Louisianian
  8. Louisianians
  9. louisine
  10. louisinid
  11. louisinids

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