distingue
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A bushy white beard he had, and silken hair on his head, tres distingue.
From Time Magazine Archive
His shoe trees were casts that had been made from his feet, and he described himself as distingue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Collecting himself, he was presently introduced to a smart, jaunty, and, to do him justice, distingue old beau.
From Peg Woffington by Reade, Charles
It is a splendour that was seen by Alfred de Vigny: Je roule avec dédain, sans voir et sans entendre, A côté des fourmis les populations; Je ne distingue pas leur terrier de leur cendre.
From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala by Baerlein, Henry
Art of Calvinism;-"Les hommes se piquent toujours de remplir un devoir qui les distingue."
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter
