distingué

[ dis-tang-gey, dih-stang-gey; French dee-stan-gey ]

adjective

1. having an air of distinction; distinguished.

distingué

/ distɛ̃ɡe /

adjective

1. distinguished or noble

Word History and Origins

Origin of distingué¹

1805–15; < French, adj. use of past participle of distinguer to distinguish

Example Sentences

She was unbelievably girlish and distingué in the blue uniform; a straight, slim figure, topped by an impudent cocked hat.

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The single eye-glass is tolerable in a man of a certain age who is both clever and distingué looking.

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The courtly General was as distingué as ever as he addressed the hard-headed jury of tradesmen before him.

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

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Lady de Courcy had declared that she was looking extremely well, and had particularly alluded to her distingué appearance.

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