soi·gné

also

(swän-yā′)

adj. 1. Showing sophisticated elegance; fashionable: a soigné little club. 2. Well-groomed; polished: The soigné celebrity granted a brief interview.

[French, from Old French, past participle of soigner , to take care of, of Germanic origin.]

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