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dépaysé

adjective
dé·​pay·​sé | \ ¦dā(ˌ)pā¦zā\

Definition of dépaysé

: 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

History and Etymology for dépaysé

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

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