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déclassé

[dey-kla-sey, -klah-; French dey-klah-sey]
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adjective
  1. reduced to or having low or lower status: a once-chic restaurant that had become completely déclassé.
  2. reduced or belonging to a lower or low social class, position, or rank.
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Origin of déclassé

1885–1890; < French, past participle of déclasser. See de-, class
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British Dictionary definitions for declasse

déclassé

adjective
  1. having lost social standing or statusAlso (feminine): déclassée
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Word Origin

C19: from French déclasser to declass
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Word Origin and History for declasse

adj.

1887, from French déclassé, past participle of déclasser "to cause to lose class," from de-, privative prefix (see de-) + classer "to class" (see class).

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