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‖ dégringolade|degrɛ̃gɔlad|
[Fr., f. dégringoler to descend rapidly.]
A rapid descent; deterioration, decadence; change from bad to worse. Also as vb.
1883Sat. Rev. 24 Nov. 648/1 The dégringolade of Tokka and the catastrophe of Obeid. 1895G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 27 July 109/1 Miss Lottie Collins..will soon find her popularity degringolading from the summit on which the Tarara craze exalted it. 1906W. De Morgan Joseph Vance xxxv. 346 This last is a short chapter, but is a record of a steady dégringolade. 1909Westm. Gaz. 29 May 5/3 We..share her distress in the ensuing dégringolade. 1926Spectator 29 May 900/1 This dégringolade, this falling back into an undrained, unfenced, unploughed, unweeded prairie. 1926Nation 24 July 460/1 The franc has this week looked the penny in the face, and has acquired a momentum in decline which suggests that a dégringolade is close at hand, unless prompt and effective measures are really taken. 1959Encounter Sept. 69/1 The hero..underwent a convincing but totally unsensational dégringolade, taking, not to drugs or drink, but to an increasing sluggishness. |