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declasse

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dé⋅clas⋅sé

  [dey-kla-sey, -klah-; Fr. dey-klah-sey]
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–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.
Origin:
1885–1890; < F, ptp. of déclasser. See de-, class
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dé·clas·sé   (dā'klä-sā')   
adj.  

  1. Lowered in class, rank, or social position.

  2. Lacking high station or birth; of inferior social status.


[French, past participle of déclasser, to lower in class : dé-, down (from Latin dē-; see de-) + classe, class; see class.]
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Word Origin & History

declasse 
1887, from Fr. déclassé, pp. of déclasser "to cause to lose class."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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