Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Low or lowered in class, rank, or social position.
- adjective Characteristic of the lower classes; of low social status.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
declassed .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective reduced or fallen in status, social position, class or rank; fallen from a high status or rank to a lower one.
- adjective of inferior grade, rank, status, or prestige.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Degraded from one's socialclass .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, past participle of déclasser, to lower in class : dé-, down (from Latin dē-; see de–) + classe, class; see class.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From French déclassé.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word déclassé.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
whichbe commented on the word déclassé
Something that lowers one in social status.
May 11, 2008