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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Past; out of use; faded; specifically, as said of persons, past the heyday of life.
  • noun In embroidery, same as tambour-work.
  • noun A variant of pasch.
  • noun In roulette, a bet that the number will be one of those from 19 to 36.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded.
  • adjective Same as old-fashioned, a., 2.
  • adjective Past; -- used appositively.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of passé.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective out of fashion

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