‖ distingué, a.
(distɛ̃ge)
[F. distingué distinguished, pa. pple. of distinguer to distinguish.]
Distinguished (esp. in reference to appearance or manner); having an air of distinction.
| 1813 Byron in Moore Life (1832) II. 290 (Stanf.) Every thing distingué is welcome there. 1833 C. Heath Bk. Beauty (1837) 159 A tall, elegant, young man, of the most distingué appearance. 1841 Thackeray Misc. Ess. (1885) 381 That snowy napkin coquettishly arranged round the kidneys gave them a distingué air. 1873 Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 89 He is a distingué person in a high sense, with a real genius for looking like a gentleman. |