déclassé

[dey-kla-sey, -klah-; French dey-klah-sey]

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adjective

reduced to or having low or lower status: a once-chic restaurant that had become completely déclassé.

reduced or belonging to a lower or low social class, position, or rank.

Origin of déclassé

1885–1890; < French, past participle of déclasser. See de-, class

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Related Words for declasse

baseborn, common, humble, ignoble, inferior, mean

British Dictionary definitions for declasse

déclassé

adjective

having lost social standing or statusAlso (feminine): déclassée

Word Origin for déclassé

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).