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Dictionary: "compassé" - translations and examples

compassé adjective

compassé / compassée / compassés / compassées

formal [ˈfɔ:məl] (péjoratif, en parlant d'une personne - comportement)

Exemples with "compassé"

C’était un grand garçon un peu lourd de 25 ans, à l’air grave et compassé et aux manières cérémonieuses. He was a tall, heavy-looking young man of five-and-twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal.

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