dishabille
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- noun
- /ˌdɪʃəˈbɪl/
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deshabillé
- Feeling comfortable at home, he often enjoyed lounging in dishabille after a long day.
- state of dishabille
Examples
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The young actress appeared on stage in a state of dishabille, much to the surprise of the audience.
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I'm all in me dishabille.
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She was in dishabille, but was incidentally lovely.
Fiction book (1994) -
There was the real Nona, in a similar state of dishabille except for her underclothing, almost exactly as exciting, with Null-Darius climbing on her.
Fiction book (1992) -
Used by this time to the matter-of-factness with which servants treated the sight of inn patrons in any form of dishabille, I merely murmured
Fiction book (1992) -
You no doubt glimpsed some drink-crazed creature stumbling about the woods near the manor house in a disgraceful state of dishabille.
Fiction book (2002) -
The doctor rode within a few yards of the long, low building which was the grand'case, dismounted, and walked the remaining distance to the pair of wooden steps to the gallery, where a white woman en dishabille was sitting in a wooden chair with her head sunk down on her chest.
Fiction book (1993) -
His current state of unshaven dishabille was more a reaction to her relentless pursuit than it was a descent into that natural squalor enjoyed by men temporarily freed from the demands of job and society.
Fiction book (1992) -
She imagines the shocked faces of Josiah, her father, or her mother were any of them to come around the corner and catch her in her dishabille; but she decides the exquisite pleasure of the air against her limbs is worth the later mortgage of the consequences.
Fiction book (2002) -
Caught in a moment of relaxation, she wandered the house in her dishabille, carefree and unbothered.
Synonyms
A state of being partly or carelessly dressed
Partly dressed in a loose, untidy way
A person who is partly dressed, often wearing a loose robe at home
Idioms
How Dressed
- Formal
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Etymology
Dishabille comes from the French word déshabillé, made of de- 'not' and habiller 'to dress'. So, dishabille means being 'not fully dressed' or dressed in a relaxed, careless way.