DÉPAYSÉ


Meaning of DÉPAYSÉ in English

|dā(ˌ)pā|zā adjective

Etymology: French, from past participle of dépayser to remove (a person) from his element, from Old French despaisier to exile, from des- de- + pais region, country, from Medieval Latin pagensis of a region, from Latin pagus region, district, village + -ensis -ese — more at pagan

: situated in unfamiliar surroundings : being out of one's element : displaced : astray

lived in hope of being instructed to drive me to Biarritz, where among the other hired-car chauffeurs … he would feel less dépaysé — A.J.Liebling

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