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passée

passée is the alternative form of passé.

Meaning of passé

Adjective

passé (comparative more passé, superlative most passé)

  1. (colloquial) Dated; out of style; old-fashioned.
    • Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval.1964, Philip K. Dick, “FOUR”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 27
  2. Past one's prime; worn; faded.
    • The coaching stock is in general in a very passé condition, but the ex-royal saloon, though needing a coat of paint outside, as another photograph shows, is spotless inside.1939 November, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 357
    Synonyms:
    raddled

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Forms of passée

comparativemore passée
superlativemost passée

Questions about passée

What is passée the alternative form of?
Passée is the alternative form of passé.

Words near passée in the dictionary

  1. passwords
  2. Passy
  3. passymeasure
  4. passymeasures
  5. passé
  6. passée
  7. passéism
  8. passéist
  9. passéists
  10. passés
  11. past

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