distingue
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His shoe trees were casts that had been made from his feet, and he described himself as distingue.
From Time Magazine Archive
A bushy white beard he had, and silken hair on his head, tres distingue.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He has a croix; he is very distingue; he has beautiful eyes."
From The History of Pendennis by Thackeray, William Makepeace
It is a splendour that was seen by Alfred de Vigny: Je roule avec dédain, sans voir et sans entendre, A côté des fourmis les populations; Je ne distingue pas leur terrier de leur cendre.
From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala by Baerlein, Henry
Its pallor rather loaned an air of distingue, but—and the examination was being conducted for the benefit of a girl of twenty—it was the full-aged visage of a man of forty.
From Thoroughbreds by Fraser, William Alexander
