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
Evidently unconscious of her husband's designs on Cecilia, she dismissed her briefly: "A very handsome young lady, though rather too blonde for her taste, and certainly with an air /distingue/."
From Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 06 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
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 De Mille, James
I think they make him look rather distingue.
From The Prairie Wife by Dunn, Harvey
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
Humboldt says that this translation is totally incorrect; however, the idea of the "littérateur distingué" is evidently the same as Ferdinand Columbus's.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George
