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passe

  [pahs]
–noun French.
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
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Origin:
lit., passing, pass

pas⋅sé

  [pa-sey; for 4 also Fr. pah-sey] adjective, noun, plural pas⋅sés  [pa-seyz; Fr. pah-sey] .
–adjective
1. no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded: There were many photographs of passé fashions. I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
2. past: time passé.
3. past the prime of one's life.
–noun
4. Ballet. a movement in which one leg passes behind or in front of the other.
Origin:
1765–75; < F, ptp. of passer to pass

Synonyms:
1. old-fashioned, démodé, quaint.
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pas·sé   (pā-sā')   
adj.  

  1. No longer current or in fashion; out-of-date.

  2. Past the prime; faded or aged.


[French, past participle of passer, to pass, from Old French; see pass.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

passe 
1775, from Fr. passé (fem. passée) "past, faded," pp. of passer "to pass." Originally of a woman past the period of greatest beauty.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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