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‖ décolleté, ppl. a.|dekɔlte|
fem. -ée.
[Fr., pa. pple. of décolleter to expose the neck, etc., f. de-, des- (de- I. 6) + collet collar of a dress.]
a. Of a dress, etc.: Cut low round the neck; low-necked.
b. Wearing a low-necked dress.
1831Greville Mem. Geo. IV (1875) II. xiii. 106 The Queen is a prude, and will not let the ladies come décolletées to her parties. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xlviii, A stout countess of sixty, décolletée. 1884West. Daily Press 16 Dec. 7/4 Englishwomen will imitate their French sisters in..the excessively decolleté bodices..they patronise.
c. fig.
1890Forum IX. 682 Of an American writer whose questionable book ran like wildfire into every reading home.., a publisher said: ‘You cannot blame her; she was born décolleté.’ 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1953) iii. 49 Before the wildness of the twenties, there was Victorianism; and before that there was the eighteenth century, very décolleté. 1966Listener 20 Jan. 99/3 The glittering Mrs Cheveley, with her décolleté dresses and décolleté past. |