déclassé
UK/deɪˈklæseɪ/
déclassé adjective: degraded from one's social class.
Adjective
déclassé (comparative more déclassé, superlative most déclassé)
- Degraded from one's social class.
- Having married a plebian and so become déclassée, the daughter of a patrician was barred by the patrician matrons from sacrifices at the shrine of Patrician Chastity ‘in the cattle market by the round temple of Hercules’.2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin, published 2009, page 110
Forms of déclassé
| comparative | more déclassé |
|---|---|
| superlative | most déclassé |
Origin of déclassé
Borrowed from French déclassé.
Questions about déclassé
- What does déclassé mean?
- Déclassé means degraded from one's social class.
- What part of speech is déclassé?
- Déclassé is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce déclassé?
- Déclassé is pronounced /deɪˈklæseɪ/ (UK).
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