Decollete Definition
dākôl-tā
adjective
Cut low so as to bare the neck and shoulders, as some dresses.
Webster's New World
Wearing a décolleté dress, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- uncased
- clothesless
- low-necked
- low-cut
- ungarbed
- nudish
- half-clothed
- garmentless
- low
- plunging
- low-neck
Origin of Decollete
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French past participle of décolleter to lower a neckline, uncover the neck dé- off (from Latin dē- de–) collet collar (from Old French) (diminutive of col neck, collar) (from Latin collum neck kwel-1 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Borrowing from French, from décolleter (“to bare the neck and shoulders”).
From Wiktionary
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