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soigné

UK/ˈswɑː.njeɪ//swɑˈnjeɪ/

soigné adjective: fashionable and elegant, well-groomed.

Adjective

soigné (comparative more soigné, superlative most soigné)

  1. Fashionable and elegant, well-groomed.
    • Custom Java apps and CU-SeeMe feeds will provide interaction with the battery of soigné psychics.1997 February 20, Steve Silberman, “Burroughs Pops Online Cherry with Drag Queens”, in Wired
    • Always, he radiated an air of soigné self-confidence: he could be amiable in his opinions or waspish, but he never betrayed a flicker of doubt about what he thought.1997, Henry Louis Gates Jr., “The Passing of Anatole Broyard”, in Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man, New York: Random House, page 181

Examples of soigné in a sentence

  • Inspired surely by the old socialist slogan "from cradle to grave," the soigné French health ministry will now also take care of the French in bed.1998 March 20, “The Tickled French”, in Wall Street Journal Online, Dow Jones & Company:
  • He's in line behind a gaggle of young-looking women, skinny and soigné in cocktail gowns and tiaras lifted from 1920s silent movies.2005 July 5, Charles Stross, Accelerando, →ISBN, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2012, chapter 8, paragraph 2365:
  • But a graceful scoop here, a soigné knot there, and voilà: Aphrodite meets the Eiffel Tower.2009 March 14, Vanessa Friedman, “Trends at Paris fashion week”, in Financial Times, London:

Forms of soigné

comparativemore soigné
superlativemost soigné
alternative formsoigne

Origin of soigné

Borrowed from French soigné, past participle of soigner. Doublet of soigneur.

Questions about soigné

What does soigné mean?
Soigné means fashionable and elegant, well-groomed.
How do you use soigné in a sentence?
Inspired surely by the old socialist slogan "from cradle to grave," the soigné French health ministry will now also take care of the French in bed.
What part of speech is soigné?
Soigné is an adjective.
How do you pronounce soigné?
Soigné is pronounced /ˈswɑː.njeɪ/ (UK).

Words near soigné in the dictionary

  1. soigne
  2. soignee
  3. soigneur
  4. soigneurs
  5. Soignoli
  6. soigné
  7. soignée
  8. soil
  9. soil acidification
  10. soil biochemistry
  11. soil centipede

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