klæˈseɪ, -klɑ-; adjective
1.
reduced to or having low or lower status: a once-chic restaurant that had become completely déclassé.
2.
reduced or belonging to a lower or low social class, position, or rank.
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déclassé (French deklɑse) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| Also (feminine): déclassée having lost social standing or status | |
| [C19: from French déclasser to | |
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Déclassé
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
declasse
1887, from Fr. déclassé, pp. of déclasser "to cause to lose class."
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