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adjective

restreint

/ʁɛs.tʁɛ̃/

adjective/ʁɛs.tʁɛ̃/

restricted.; narrow.; sombre, without ostentation.

Son pardessus, son plastron, son chapeau cronstadt même, présentaient je ne sais quoi de décent, de restreint et de distingué…His overcoat, his plastron, even his cronstadt hat, presented something decent, restrained, & distinguished...

Borrowed or adapted from Latin restrictus, modeled after étreint.