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démodé

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌdeɪməʊˈdeɪ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree French démodébor. English démodé Borrowed from French démodé.

  1. Outdated, old-fashioned.

    If, in the foregoing rapid summary, it has not always been possible to speak with uniform gravity, it is that, to-day, the main issue of Cecilia’s story has become—as the author’s own Captain Aresby would now have said—a little démodé.

    “And the Vicar's wife too. Dear, all this is weeks and weeks old; I suppose it has only just reached the Vicarage. Do let us be up-to-date. Physical culture has been quite démodé since last Thursday.”