de trop
/dəˈtɹoʊ/
de trop adjective: excessive or superfluous.
Adjective
de trop (comparative more de trop, superlative most de trop)
- excessive or superfluous
- I think that wellingtons are a little de trop for a light shower.
- "I should only be de trop," said the Captain, looking at them rather wistfully. "I'd best go and talk to the hermit,"—and so he strolled off out of the hum of men, and noise, and clatter of the banquet, into the dark walk, at the end of which lived that well-known pasteboard Solitary.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 6, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
Forms of de trop
| comparative | more de trop |
|---|---|
| superlative | most de trop |
Origin of de trop
From French de trop (“too much”).
Words that rhyme with de trop
Questions about de trop
- What does de trop mean?
- De trop means excessive or superfluous.
- What part of speech is de trop?
- De trop is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce de trop?
- De trop is pronounced /dəˈtɹoʊ/.
Words near de trop in the dictionary
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