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.