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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
distingue

"having an air of distinction," 1813 (in Byron), from French distingué, literally "distinguished," past participle of distinguer (see distinguish).\n\nThe girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces \n
With distingué traces \n
That used to be there -- You could see where they'd been washed away \n
By too many through the day \n
Twelve o'clock tales.\n

["Lush Life," Billy Strayhorn, age 17]\n

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distingue

a. Fashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.

distingué

a. (alternative spelling of distingue English)

Usage examples of "distingue".

Si, après la désagrégation des fibres, on examine au microscope les fibrilles élémentaires, on distingue encore trèsnettement à leur intérieur les corpuscules, et on continue à les voir, de plus en plus pâles, jusqu'au moment où les fibrilles ellesmêmes se liquéfient et disparaissent dans le suc gastrique.

It would be folly to call him distingué, but he is at least unobjectionable.