décolleté
Americanadjective
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(of a garment) low-necked.
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wearing a low-necked garment.
adjective
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(of a woman's garment) low-cut
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wearing a low-cut garment
noun
Etymology
Origin of décolleté
1825–35; < French: past participle of décolleter to bare the neck, equivalent to dé- de- + collet collar ( see -et) + -er infinitive suffix
Example Sentences
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With an embellished floral cape and daring décolleté, Lopez marveled — and occasionally shimmied— from the Saab front row as vibrant beats accompanied the shimmering ode to Marrakech.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
"Now that we have the face so well treated, we're looking at the hands, neck and décolleté."
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2012
The gown is cut short-sleeved and décolleté, and the dancing shoes are of satin or very fine kid.
From The Etiquette of To-day by Ordway, Edith B.
All the town turned out in broadcloth, diamonds, silks and décolleté to hear them--a younger generation of San Franciscans assuming a bit uncomfortably that social importance which had not yet become genealogically sure of itself.
From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Stellman, Louis J. (Louis John)
No one ever thought of wearing a jewel or a décolleté gown to a dinner or a dance.
From The Californians by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
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