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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.