soigné
/swɑˈnjeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Fashionable and elegant, well-groomed.
Example Sentences
- "Custom Java apps and CU-SeeMe feeds will provide interaction with the battery of soigné psychics."
- "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."
- "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."
- "He's in line behind a gaggle of young-looking women, skinny and soigné in cocktail gowns and tiaras lifted from 1920s silent movies."
- "But a graceful scoop here, a soigné knot there, and voilà: Aphrodite meets the Eiffel Tower."
- "The gleaming black stone floors of the lobby, the soigné pink-and-white awnings that shaded the beachfront Mai Tai Bar and Surf Room, the spacious lawns and gardens with the oldest and tallest coconut trees anywhere…all were touchstones for everything good about Hawaiian hospitality, for everything that was ever truly well done in Waikīkī."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: soigné
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /swɑˈnjeɪ/
- British English: /ˈswɑː.njeɪ/