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