Frenchless

Frenchless

English

Etymology

French +‎ -less

Adjective

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.