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Definition of Decollete
1. Adjective. (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline. "A low-cut neckline"
Definition of Decollete
1. Adjective. Having a low-cut neckline. ¹
2. Adjective. Having a low neckline that reveals the cleavage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decollete
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decollete
Literary usage of Decollete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hygiene and Physical Culture for Women by Anna Mary Galbraith (1895)
"... Woman—The History of Woman's Dress—The Influence of the French Court on
Dress—The Corset—Hygienic Dress—decollete Evening Dress—Artistic Evening Dress. ..."
2. Our Hawaii by Charmian London (1917)
"... mysogynist disapprove of decollete and dancing, and all and every other social
diversion and custom, I myself am saddled with these unnatural ..."
3. Correct Social Usage: A Course of Instruction in Good Form, Style and Deportment by George Rippey Stewart (1906)
"For a restaurant or hotel dinner, given in a public room, the hostess of the
occasion does not wear a decollete dress, but such an ornamental costume as has ..."
4. The Elements of Practical Psycho-analysis by Paul Bousfield (1920)
"For instance, a woman whose exhibition tendency is not great, will decry a
decollete neck of say, six inches all round ; and possible a woman wearing such a ..."
5. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"About twenty-five of the guests were English and American ladies, dressed in
their most elaborate gowns, which means extreme decollete. ..."
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