de trop
Americanadjective
-
too much; too many.
-
in the way; not wanted.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of de trop
Borrowed into English from French around 1950–55
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And the Met galas are just de trop.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2018
Though the book labours under a critical apparatus that might have been thought de trop if the subject had been Wittgenstein, it is not helpful in telling us about, for example, Taylor's father.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2012
To talk of a new love might seem a little de trop.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2012
The orange trees might have been OK, the owner thought, but the live birds were a little de trop.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2012
I’ll offer, and she doubles over, pink-faced, declaring me de trop.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
