Frenchiness

Frenchiness

English

Etymology

Frenchy +‎ -ness

Noun

Frenchiness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.
   • 1914, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey, The Love Affairs of Pixie, The Religious Tract Society (1914), page 13:

     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.

   • 2011, Diana K. Schwam, Frommer's New Orleans 2011, Wiley (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     The result is a menu of more arty playfulness than many other local establishments, still wearing its Frenchiness on its sleeve.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Frenchiness.