divorcé

[dih-vawr-sey, -vohr-, -vawr-sey, -vohr-] Example Sentences

di·vor·cé

[dih-vawr-sey, -vohr-, -vawr-sey, -vohr-]
noun
a divorced man.

Origin:
1805–15; < French, noun use of masculine past participle of divorcer < Medieval Latin dīvortiāre to divorce, derivative of Latin dīvortium divorce
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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 calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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  • It isn't that divorce happens to marriage- rather, marriage causes divorce.
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divorcé (dɪˈvɔːseɪ)
 
n
a man who has been divorced

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