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passee en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English -ee English passee From pass + -ee.

Meanings

1. One who is passed.
   • To keep the people who are doing the passing sensitive to the pesron being passed […], you might want to ask them to hum or chant or whisper sweet nothings. The passee, aside from worrying about being dropped, might also spend a lot of her time worrying, more rightfully, about being touched, as they say, “inappropriately.” 2013, Bernard De Koven, A Playful Path, page 121:

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