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déclassé

[dey-kla-sey, -klah-; Fr. dey-klah-sey]

adjective

reduced to or having low or lower status: a once-chic restaurant that had become completely déclassé.

reduced or belonging to a lower or low social class, position, or rank.

Origin:
1885–1890; < French, past participle of déclasser. See de-, class

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déclassé (French deklɑse)

—*adj*
	Also (feminine): déclassée having lost social standing or status

[C19: from French déclasser to declass]

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