adj. 1. Cut low at the neckline: a décolleté dress. 2. Wearing a garment that is low-cut or strapless. [French, past participle of décolleter, to lower a neckline, uncover the neck : dé-, off (from Latin dē-; see DE-) + collet, collar (from Old French, diminutive of col, neck, collar, from Latin collum, neck; see kwel-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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