Frenchified en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪˌfaɪd/
Meanings
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Made French or more French-like.
This life, whose dreary superficiality is covered by the glitter of universal blague, like the stupid clowning of a harlequin by the spangles of a motley costume, induced in him a Frenchified—but most un-French—cosmopolitanism, in reality a mere barren indifferentism posing as intellectual superiority.
1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, Part II, Chapter 3, page 168:
- (slang) Having contracted a venereal disease.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most Frenchified | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| frenchified | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more Frenchified | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
fr francisé (made French or more French-like) · es afrancesado (made French or more French-like) · pt afrancesado (made French or more French-like) · fi ranskalaistunut (made French or more French-like) · pl sfrancuziały (made French or more French-like) · it infrancesato (made French or more French-like) · ro franțuzit (made French or more French-like) · fi ranskalaistettu (made French or more French-like)