French article, civilised and pure (9)
I believe the answer is:
unrefined
'pure' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'french article civilised' is the wordplay.
'french article' becomes 'un' (indefinite article in French).
'civilised' becomes 'refined' (similar in meaning).
'un'+'refined'='UNREFINED'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unrefined that I've seen before include "Rough" , "Coarse" , "Crude" , "rude" .)