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8. The French preposition de, d' /də/, anglicized /diː/, /dɪ/, /də/, meaning ‘of, from’, occurring in names of places, as Ashby de la Zouch, in territorial titles, as Earl Grey de Wilton, Lord Talbot de Malahide, and in personal surnames, as De Lisle, D'Israeli, De Quincey; also, in French phrases more or less in English use, as coup d'état, coup de main, etc. (see coup n.³); de haut en bas [ < French de haut en bas < de de prep. + haut high (see haut adj.) + en in + bas bottom, ground (see base n.¹)] , from height to lowness, condescendingly as from a lofty position, with an air of conscious superiority or condescension; also attributive and in other combinations; de nouveau [ < French de nouveau (12th cent. in Old French as de novel ) < de de prep. + nouveau (see novel adj.)] , anew, afresh; de rigueur [ < French de rigueur (1783) < de de prep. + rigueur rigour n.] , of strictness, (a matter) strictly or rigorously obligatory, according to strict etiquette; de trop [ < French de trop (1669) < de de prep. + trop < an Old Low Franconian form underlying thorp n.] , too much, (one) too many, in the way.