distingue

Definition

Fashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.

Etymology

From French distingué.

Example Sentences

• "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, she charged one pound eight."
• "And she likes you so much, and thinks you so accomplished and distingué-looking, and was just as set as I was to have you for best man."
• "It was very noble, very distingue, to ruin one's self without knowing how!"

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