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degage

WordNet
  1. (adj) degage
    showing lack of emotional involvement "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman","she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive","an uninvolved bystander"
  2. (adj) degage
    free and relaxed in manner "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson"
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Degage
    dā-ga-zhā′ unembarrassed, unconstrained, easy.
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Pa.p. of Fr. dégager, to disentangle.

Usage in the news

Business serves annual Thanksgiving dinner at Degage Ministries. mlive.com

Maumee jazz cafe revamps its menu for Degage Express. toledoblade.com

A new sign greets customers in Degage Express- Soups, Sandwiches & Such on October 18, 2012. toledoblade.com

According to a news release from Degage Jazz Cafe, which is also housed in the 301 River Rd. toledoblade.com

Degage doesn't have any favorites. timesfreepress.com

Degage (Last login: Aug 18th, 2012). timesfreepress.com

Usage in literature

He saunters into New York in a degage way and takes the whole city by storm. "The Native Son" by Inez Haynes Irwin

It was a nice degage air, half naive and half enthusiastic. "Aaron's Rod" by D. H. Lawrence

Celui-ci, pour se degager, dut le trainer quelques pas. "Histoires grises" by E. Edouard Tavernier

It serves to give them a degage kind of air, by which means you have a more elegant display of their charms. "Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora" by Edward Edwards

Mrs. Gregg ran over to Mary Ellen and begged her to hook up the back of the degage blouse. "General John Regan" by George A. Birmingham