dégagé

/ˌdeɪɡɑːˈʒeɪ/

adjective

unconstrained; easy; free

OriginFrench dégagé →
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Meanings

adjectivedégagé (comparative more dégagé, superlative most dégagé)

comparative more dégagé · superlative most dégagé

  1. unconstrained; easy; free

    a graceful and dégagé manner

    1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest
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    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 …

    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

Origin

  1. Frenchdégagé
  2. Frenchdégagé
  3. Englishdégagé

Borrowed from French dégagé.

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APA

dégagé. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9gag%C3%A9

MLA

“dégagé.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9gag%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dégagé,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9gag%C3%A9.

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