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dégagé

 
Dictionary: dé·ga·gé   ('gä-zhā') pronunciation

adj.
Free and relaxed in manner; casual.

[French, past participle of dégager, to disengage, from Old French desgagier : des-, de- + gage, pledge (of Germanic origin).]


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dégagé (Fr., disengaged). A movement in which one foot is freed to move forward, backward or to the side, along the floor.

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Showing lack of emotional involvement; Free and relaxed in manner.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: free and relaxed in manner

Meaning #2: showing lack of emotional involvement
  Synonyms: detached, uninvolved


 
 
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