English
femme incomprise
Femme incomprise comes from French femme incomprise.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfemme incompriseliterally ‘misunderstood woman’
- Englishearliest quotation 1848same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfemme incompriseliterally ‘misunderstood woman’
- Englishearliest quotation 1848same form
Earliest quotation: 1848, – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray: “Strong laughed. “Oh, Miss Amory is a muse—Miss Amory…”
The story
Borrowed from French femme incomprise (literally “misunderstood woman”).
Every English word from French femme incomprise
Today it means
noun A misunderstood or unappreciated woman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French femme incomprise / femme incomprise