dégagé

See also: dégage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dégagé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeɪɡɑːˈʒeɪ/

Adjective

dégagé (comparative more dégagé, superlative most dégagé)

1. unconstrained; easy; free
   • 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest:

     a graceful and dégagé manner

   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 40, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     A letter from Miss Calverley written in a very degage style of spelling and handwriting, scrawling freely over the filagree paper, and commencing by calling Mr. Harry, her dear Hokey-pokey-fokey, lay on his bed table by his side …

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.ɡa.ʒe/

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Adjective

dégagé (feminine dégagée, masculine plural dégagés, feminine plural dégagées)

1. clear
2. bare
3. disengaged

Participle

dégagé (feminine dégagée, masculine plural dégagés, feminine plural dégagées)

1. past participle of dégager

Further reading

• “dégagé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.