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adjective

Passee, Passe adj.

Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passée belle.

Same as old-fashioned, a., 2.

Synonyms: antique, demode, old-fashioned, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe.

Past; used appositively; as, time passe.

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Etymology of 'Passe'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Passe" Quotes from Famous Books

... truly sayd to be tenants at will, and it may as truly be sayd, that all have a lease of their lives—some longer, some shorter—as it pleases our great landlord to let. All have their bounds set, over which they cannot passe, and till the expiration of that time, no dangers, no sicknes, no paines nor troubles, shall put a period to our dayes; the certainty that that time will come, together with the uncertainty how, where, and when, should make us so to ...

— Anne Bradstreet and Her Time • Helen Campbell

... "she is wearing my wedding dress. My wedding dress which was stitched at the shop of Rosenthal the peddler, in Sacramento, and which he was to bring me two weeks ago. I know it is mine! There is the pearl passe-mentre on it that was my mother's. There is none other like it ...

— Down the Mother Lode • Vivia Hemphill

... mouth every time she spoke and puffing the smoke right into the faces of the audience. She sang a very lively song, the words of which her husband had found time to write for her during the afternoon. It began, "C'est a Paris, qu' ca s'est passe." She cracked her whip and stamped her feet, and must have been very droll, to judge from the screams of delight in the audience. The song was full of quips and puns, and pleased so much that she had ...

— In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875. • L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone

... doubt she will, if anything better comes along. But Trix is getting passe, and I should n't wonder if she kept him to his word, just out of perversity, if ...

— An Old-fashioned Girl • Louisa May Alcott

... not sigh one blast or gale To swell my saile, Or pay a teare to swage The foaming blew-gods rage; For whether he will let me passe Or no, I'm still as happy ...

— Lucasta • Richard Lovelace

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