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distingue

[dis-tang-gay, dih-stang-gay, dee-stan-gay] / ˌdɪs tæŋˈgeɪ, dɪˈstæŋ geɪ, di stɛ̃ˈgeɪ /


distingué






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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

There was a distingue air about Sir Oswald, an old-fashioned courtly dignity, which never for one moment left him.

From Love Works Wonders A Novel by Charlotte M. Brame

In height he was about my size, that is, six feet and half an inch; his cast of features singularly like mine, and extremely distingue.

From Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

I beg you will assura de miladi when she recovaire of my considerazion de mos distingue, an' convey to her de regrettas dat I haf.

From The American Baron by James De Mille

He was also terribly distingué, standing more than six feet tall, nattily attired in tailored suits, ascots and polished shoes, his proper English accent softened to a buttery hush.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

Though Lovick isn’t sure how rabbit-hat became a universal icon, I ventured a theory: The trick originated in the 1800s, when top hats symbolized wealth, power, a certain distingué.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022

Mr. Freston’s office décor of dark blinds, hemp chairs and a surround-sound system loaded with Jamaican music and jazz promptly made way for Mr. Dauman’s sparse distingué furnishings of white, taupe and heavy wood.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2012

The club's aura is one of smart, highbrow competence, somewhere on the border of distingué and hipsterish.

From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2011

Something rather distingué had happened to the place, something quite new.

From From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India by Arthur Louis Keyser


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