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dé⋅colle⋅té

  [dey-kol-tey, -kol-uh-, dek-uh-luh-; Fr. dey-kawl-tey]
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–adjective
1. (of a garment) low-necked.
2. wearing a low-necked garment.
Also, de⋅colle⋅te.

Origin:
1825–35; < F: ptp. of décolleter to bare the neck, equiv. to dé- de- + collet collar (see -et ) + -er inf. suffix
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dé·colle·té   (dā'kôl-tā')   
adj.  
  1. Cut low at the neckline: a décolleté dress.
  2. Wearing a garment that is low-cut or strapless.

[French, past participle of décolleter, to lower a neckline, uncover the neck : dé-, off (from Latin dē-; see de-) + collet, collar (from Old French, diminutive of col, neck, collar, from Latin collum, neck; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots).]
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