English

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Etymology

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From French +‎ -less.

Adjective

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Frenchless (not comparable)

  1. Without (an understanding of) the French language.
    • 1891, Journal of Education, volume 23, page 186:
      [] exactly as we detest the Frenchless and the dullard who makes no headway in the ancient languages.
    • 1985, Gary Taylor, To Analyze Delight: A Hedonist Criticism of Shakespeare, page 124:
      For Shakespeare's audience, the slang use of 'cony' would probably have made the joke apparent, even to the Frenchless.