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éDZé

Or ·DZ·ٱ

[dey-kol-tey, -kol-uh-, dek-uh-luh-, dey-kawl-tey]

adjective

  1. (of a garment) low-necked.

  2. wearing a low-necked garment.



éDZé

/ deɪˈkɒlteɪ, dekɔlte /

adjective

  1. (of a woman's garment) low-cut

  2. wearing a low-cut garment

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a low-cut neckline

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of éDZé1

1825–35; < French: past participle of éDZٱ to bare the neck, equivalent to é- de- + collet collar ( -et ) + -er infinitive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of éDZé1

C19: from French éDZٱ to cut out the neck (of a dress), from collet collar
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Example Sentences

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Of course, if you associate those scents with the parfum de éDZé et de parties féminines — that’s some kind of French for the “scent of cleavage and lady parts” — this soap should make perfect sense.

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With an embellished floral cape and daring éDZé, Lopez marveled — and occasionally shimmied— from the Saab front row as vibrant beats accompanied the shimmering ode to Marrakech.

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Also, the men who created “South Park” turned up on the red carpet dressed in their own fetching approximations of the daring green decollete and prom-dress-pink gowns that Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow wore to the Oscars the year before.

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“Little jokes about not wearing a éDZé, makeup or a skirt,” she recalled.

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Further along in the Impressionist collections, an alcove dedicated to graphic arts shows Saint Laurent’s sketches of clothing designs and pictures of YSL’s loyal clients, such as Hélène Rochas, wife of the designer Marcel Rochas, in a black velvet gown with a éDZé of cattleya orchids in white satin.

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