distingue
/dɪsˈtæŋɡeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Fashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.
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!"
Etymology
From French distingué.
Inflected Forms
more distingue (comparative)
most distingue (superlative)
distingué (alternative)
distinguee (alternative)