Décolleté
/dɪˈkɒləteɪ/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A low-cut neckline that reveals the cleavage.
Adjective
- 1 Having a low neckline that reveals the cleavage.
""She does not remember my short frocks at all, Lord Henry. But I remember her very well at Vienna thirty years ago, and how décolletée she was then.""
Example
More examples""She does not remember my short frocks at all, Lord Henry. But I remember her very well at Vienna thirty years ago, and how décolletée she was then.""
Etymology
Borrowed from French décolleté, from décolleter (“to bare the neck and shoulders”).