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dégringolade
[ dey-gran-gaw-lad; English dey-grang-guh-lahd ]
noun
, plural dé·grin·go·lades [dey-g, r, a, n, -gaw-, lad, dey-grang-g, uh, -, lahdz].
- French. a quick deterioration or breakdown, as of a situation or circumstance.
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Origin of dégringolade1
First recorded in 1880–85; literally “a quick deterioration,” from dégringoler “to tumble down” + -ade 1
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