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‖ démodé, a.
(deɪˈməʊdeɪ, ‖ demɔde)
[Fr., = demoded.]
Out of fashion.
1873Young Englishwoman Apr. 199/2 Light prints, when démodée, make very economical jupons for summer wear. 1896Westm. Gaz. 7 Mar. 3/2 A chance of reincarnation for some demodé white satin bodice. 1900Daily News 16 Oct. 6/6 There is fashion in art, as in everything else, and the démodé painter soon passes into an obscurity which he does not deserve. 1928Observer 26 Feb. 15/5 Ibsen, demodé as he is, seems to have the quality of the mountain that does not move. 1930Time & Tide 4 Apr. 451 This does not mean that Mr. Birrell's mind is demodé. 1945R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 61 Alarmed and incensed at the industry with which James [II] had refurbished the démodé mantle of ‘divine right’, [etc.]. |