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dégagé

/ˌdeɪɡɑːˈʒeɪ/

dégagé adjective: unconstrained; easy; free.

Adjective

dégagé (comparative more dégagé, superlative most dégagé)

  1. unconstrained; easy; free
    • a graceful and dégagé manner1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest
    • A letter from Miss Calverley written in a very degage style of spelling and handwriting, scrawling freely over the filagree paper, and commencing by calling Mr. Harry, her dear Hokey-pokey-fokey, lay on his bed table by his side …1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 40, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...

Forms of dégagé

comparativemore dégagé
superlativemost dégagé

Origin of dégagé

Borrowed from French dégagé.

Questions about dégagé

What does dégagé mean?
Dégagé means unconstrained; easy; free.
What part of speech is dégagé?
Dégagé is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dégagé?
Dégagé is pronounced /ˌdeɪɡɑːˈʒeɪ/.

Words near dégagé in the dictionary

  1. décolletés
  2. décor
  3. décors
  4. déculassement
  5. déculassements
  6. dégagé
  7. dégringolade
  8. dégringolades
  9. dégueulasse
  10. dégustation
  11. dégustation menu

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