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degas

1

[ dee-gas ]

verb (used with object)

, de·gassed, de·gas·sing.
  1. to free from gas.
  2. Electronics. to complete the evacuation of gases in (a vacuum tube).


Degas

2

[ dey-gah; French duh-gah ]

noun

  1. Hi·laire Ger·main Ed·gar [ee-, ler, zhe, r, -, man, ed-, gar], 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.

degas

1

/ diːˈɡæs /

verb

  1. tr to remove gas from (a container, vacuum tube, liquid, adsorbent, etc)
  2. intr to lose adsorbed or absorbed gas by desorption
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Degas

2

/ ˈdeɪɡɑː; dəɡɑ /

noun

  1. DegasHilaire Germain Edgar18341917MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Hilaire Germain Edgar (ilɛr ʒɛrmɛ̃ ɛdɡar). 1834–1917, French impressionist painter and sculptor, noted for his brilliant draughtsmanship and ability to convey movement, esp in his studies of horse racing and ballet dancers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • deˈgasser, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of degas1

First recorded in 1915–20; de- + gas
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Example Sentences

Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Cezanne all frequented the circus and adopted it as a topic.

Alexandre went so far as to buy back a Degas from its illicit owners.

He also served as the pipeline between the moneyed class and a variety of Impressionists: Cezanne, Renoir, Degas, and Seurat.

We first met at her Georgetown mansion, filled with stunning Impressionist art: Renoir, Picasso, Degas.

From a stolen Degas to Ansel Adams negatives at a garage sale, we uncover more tales of art gone astray.

Degas chose his models among the washerwomen and ballet-girls of modern Paris, Rossetti borrowing his subjects from Dante.

Mr. George Moore solemnly proclaimed that he knew nothing about lithographs, but that he knew Degas.

It would be a superfluous and thankless task to argue with critics or artists who refuse to acknowledge Manet, Monet, Degas.

To Degas the toko-nook was "just name," "and it was nothing more."

Degas was in the habit of calling him the Bouguereau of Naturalism.

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