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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