In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FRENCHIFIED
FRENCHIFY
Frenchify
(verb) become French in appearance or character; “This restaurant has Frenchified”
Frenchify
(verb) make French in appearance or character; “let’s Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
frenchified (comparative more frenchified, superlative most frenchified)
(ethnic slur, slang) Having contracted a venereal disease.
Having become more like the French.
Adjective
Frenchified (comparative more Frenchified, superlative most Frenchified)
Made French or more French-like
Verb
Frenchified
simple past tense and past participle of Frenchify
Source: Wiktionary
FRENCHIFY
French"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frenchified; p. pr. & vb. n. Frenchifying.] Etym: [French + -fy.]
Definition: To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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