distinguée

[ dis-tang-gey, dih-stang-gey; French dee-stan-gey ]

adjective

1. (of a woman) having an air of distinction; distinguished.

Word History and Origins

Origin of distinguée¹

< French, feminine of distingué distingué ( def )

Example Sentences

Gwen Verdon, danseuse distinguee of the U.S. musical stage, is fetchingly exuberant as a taxi dancer searching for a wagon for her unhitched star.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Madame Paxton is veree beautiful, veree distinguée," his companion said, as Jane swept away from them.

From Project Gutenberg

His father was a well-to-do Jewish merchant; and his mother, the daughter of the famous physician and Aulic Counlor Von Geldern, was, according to her son, a "femme distinguée."

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I think she's distinguée myself.

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Agréez, Monsieur, l'assurance de ma considération distinguée.

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