Frenchiness

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noun

The state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.

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Meanings

nounFrenchiness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.

    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
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    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

Origin

From Frenchy + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

Frenchiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frenchiness

MLA

“Frenchiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frenchiness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Frenchiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frenchiness.

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