distinguee

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Adjective

distinguee (comparative more distinguee, superlative most distinguee)

Alternative form of distingue.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair:
  He thought her gay, brisk, arch, distinguee, delightful.
- 1851, Jane Margaret Hooper, Recollections of Mrs. Anderson's School, page 105:
  Now, although this manner is always easy, it never degenerates into the "free and easy" as an English easy manner too often does, and thereby becomes anything but distinguee.
- 1969, Константин Леонтьев, The Egyptian Dove: The Story of a Russian, 1881, page 16:
  To this Nesvitsky made the following comment with significant, weighty, and almost scientific precision: "I shall permit myself to distinguish between the concept of 'society woman' and that of a distinguee woman.
- 1977, James Fritzhand, Starring, →ISBN, page 119:
  Ken asked. "What do you think? Your career in show business. Or should I be distinguee and say show biz?"

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