à deux
Americanadjective
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being between two persons in intimate relationship.
dinner à deux.
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intimately with just two persons present.
dined by candlelight à deux.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of à deux
From French: “of or for two; two at a time”
Example Sentences
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Folie à deux is a rare psychiatric syndrome also known as shared psychosis, likely hinting at the traditionally co-dependent relationship between Joker and Harley Quinn.
From Reuters ● Aug. 4, 2022
There is no way I am going to invite my husband to celebrate our mortality à deux.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2019
The book chronicles who said what to whom, moment by moment, in meetings and memos, in personal texts and dinners à deux at the White House.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2019
In “Disco Pigs,” this perspective is a folie à deux, the shared and sustained creation of a lad and lass who grew up together from infancy in a soul-sapping council estate in County Cork.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2018
I took my courage à deux mains and waited.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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