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distinguished Adjective 1. dignified in appearance or behaviour 2. highly respected: a distinguished historian
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distinguished adjective eminent, great, important, noted, famous, celebrated, well-known, prominent, esteemed, acclaimed, notable, renowned, prestigious, elevated, big-time (informal) famed, conspicuous, illustrious, major league (informal) << OPPOSITE unknown Translations distinguished [dɪsˈtɪŋgwɪʃt] adj (= eminent) → distinguido; [career] → eminente (= refined); distinguido, de categoría distinguished [dɪsˈtɪŋgwɪʃt] distinguish adj (= eminent, refined) → distingué(e); [career] → remarquable, brillant(e) distinguished [dɪsˈtɪŋgwɪʃt] distinguish adj → von hohem Rang; (career) → hervorragend; (in appearance) → distinguiert How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A DISTINGUISHED Advocate of Republican Institutions was seen pickling his shins in the ocean. Indeed when their bases are of the most degraded type (not more than the eighth part of an inch in size), they can hardly be distinguished from Straight Lines or Women; so extremely pointed are their vertices. There are about thirty cases on record, of which the most famous, that of the Countess Cornelia de Baudi Cesenate, was minutely investigated and described by Giuseppe Bianchini, a prebendary of Verona, otherwise distinguished in letters, who published an account of it at Verona in 1731, which he afterwards republished at Rome. |
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