femme incomprise
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French femme incomprise (literally “misunderstood woman”).
Pronunciation
- (French) IPA(key): /fam ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁiz/
- (UK) IPA(key): /fam aŋkɒmˈpɹiːz/
Noun
femme incomprise (plural femmes incomprises)
- A misunderstood or unappreciated woman.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘A Second-rate Woman’, Under the Deodars, Folio Society 2005, p. 51:
- He posed as the horror of horrors – a misunderstood man. Heaven knows the femme incomprise is sad enough and bad enough – but the other thing!
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘A Second-rate Woman’, Under the Deodars, Folio Society 2005, p. 51:
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