distingue

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/dɪsˈtæŋɡeɪ/
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/dɪsˈtæŋɡeɪ/ · /dɪstæŋˈɡeɪ/

Definition of distingue

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Fashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.
    “By the time the blue dress was tried on, Madame Cie had, with the aid of a few pins, plaits, and a bow of blue ribbon, transformed the half-lace shawl into one of the smartest and distingué things imaginable; but when the bill came in at Christmas, for that five minutes' labor and distingué touch, she charged one pound eight.”
    “And she likes you so much, and thinks you so accomplished and distingué-looking, and was just as set as I was to have you for best man.”
    “It was very noble, very distingue, to ruin one's self without knowing how!”

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Etymology

From French distingué.

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