Unbritishified

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Describing something that has been reverted from a British style or influence to a more neutral or alternative form; lacking the characteristics typically associated with British culture or language; exhibiting qualities not conforming to British norms
2. Pertaining to an object, concept, or expression that has been stripped of British traits or elements; not marked by the distinctive features of Britain; showing absence of British cultural or linguistic influence
3. Referring to a state or condition where Britishness has been removed or undone; characterized by the rejection or removal of British identity or conventions; devoid of attributes classically linked to Britain

Etymology: "Unbritishified" is a stack of parts: the prefix "un-", the base "British", the verb-forming suffix "-ify", and the past-participle ending "-ed". The verb "britishify" means to make something British in manner, character or style, and the participle describes something that has been brought into that state. Adding "un-" reverses it, so the adjective describes something that has been freed from that condition or never subjected to it. The suffix comes through Old French "-ifier" from Latin "-ificare", built on "facere", "to make", which also gives English "fact" and "factory". "British" descends from Latin "Britannicus", from "Britannia", the Roman name for the island. The "un-" prefix is native English and far older than the rest of the word. The whole coinage is therefore a chain of ordinary, long-established parts rather than a single borrowed term.

Synonyms: debritishified, deromanticized

Antonyms: britishified, anglicized