déclassé

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

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.

déclassé

/ deklɑse /

adjective

1. having lost social standing or status Also (feminine)déclassée

Word History and Origins

Origin of déclassé¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of déclassé¹

C19: from French déclasser to declass