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distinguee

distinguee is the alternative form of distingue.

Meaning of distingue

Adjective

distingue (comparative more distingue, superlative most distingue)

  1. Fashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.
    • By the time the blue dress was tried on, Madame Cie had, with the aid of a few pins, plaits, and a bow of blue ribbon, transformed the half-lace shawl into one of the smartest and distingué things imaginable; but when the bill came in at Christmas, for that five minutes' labor and distingué touch...1873, Charles Reade, chapter IX, in A Simpleton: A Story of the Day […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 57

Forms of distinguee

comparativemore distinguee
superlativemost distinguee

Questions about distinguee

What is distinguee the alternative form of?
Distinguee is the alternative form of distingue.

Words near distinguee in the dictionary

  1. distinctual
  2. distinctually
  3. distincture
  4. Distington
  5. distingue
  6. distinguee
  7. distinguish
  8. distinguishabilities
  9. distinguishability
  10. distinguishable
  11. distinguishableness

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