English

Alternative forms

• dégringolade

Noun

degringolade ‎(plural degringolades)

1. A rapid decline or deterioration; a tumble.
   • 1995, Peter Brooks, The melodramatic imagination, ISBN 9780300065534, page 73:

     The dégringolade of Kitty Bell is forever linked to the name of Marie Dorval, the actress (and Vigny's mistress) for whom the play was written.