soignée

A form of soigné — Fashionable and elegant, well-groomed.

OriginFrench soignée →
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Meanings

adjectivesoignée (comparative more soignée, superlative most soignée)

comparative more soignée · superlative most soignée

  1. alternativeAlternative form of soigné.

    Twinks […] did not recognise the extremely soignée lady sitting nearby.

    2017, Simon Brett, Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen
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    Proof of Life was not much of a film; and Ryan, implausibly soignée despite the fact that her character's husband has been kidnapped by South American drug fiends, is one of the worst things about it.

    2007, Bee Wilson, “Pink and Bare”, in London Review of Books 29:3, page 24

Origin

  1. Frenchsoignée
  2. Englishsoignée

Borrowed from French soignée, feminine form of soigné.

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APA

soignée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soign%C3%A9e

MLA

“soignée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soign%C3%A9e. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soignée,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soign%C3%A9e.

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