decollete

Aug. 23rd, 2011 07:25 am
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decollete or décolleté (dey-kol-TEY, de-kol-uh-TEY) - adj., (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline.


Also, of a person, wearing such a garment. Borrowed in 1831 from French, from décolleter, to expose the neck, from de- + collet, collar of a dress, ultimately from Latin collum, neck.

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