distinguée

American  

[dis-tang-gey, dih-stang-gey, dee-stan-gey] / ˌdɪs tæŋˈgeɪ, dɪˈstæŋ geɪ, di stɛ̃ˈgeɪ /

adjective

1. (of a woman) having an air of distinction; distinguished.

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Etymology

Origin of distinguée

< French, feminine of distingué distingué ( def. )

Example Sentences

Agréez, Monsieur, l'assurance de ma considération très distinguée.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

A secretary of legation,—the second secretary, he told himself,—was bound, if he married at all, to have a pretty and distinguée wife.

From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Trollope, Anthony

Je m'empresse à cette occasion, Monsieur, de renouveler à votre Excellence l'assurance de ma considération très distinguée.

From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Mitchell, Maria

His father was a well-to-do Jewish merchant; and his mother, the daughter of the famous physician and Aulic Counlor Von Geldern, was, according to her son, a "femme distinguée."

From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

J'ai beaucoup causé avec l'auteur de 'Romola;' c'est une femme de 45 ans, pas belle du tout, mais très distinguée, elle m'a fort bien reçu.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert