deshabille

American  

[dez-uh-beel, -bee] / ˌdɛz əˈbil, -ˈbi /

noun

1. a variant of dishabille.

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deshabille British  

/ ˌdeɪzæˈbiːl /

noun

1. the state of being partly or carelessly dressed

2. archaic clothes worn in such a state

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Etymology

Origin of deshabille

C17: from French déshabillé undressed, from dés- _dis- ¹ + habiller to dress; see _habiliment

Example Sentences

Flinging on a bathrobe and whistling to his great boar hound, he sought that worthy, en deshabille.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jermyn Street, was particularly fond of pink, and extremely susceptible to deshabille.

From The Crooked House by Fleming, Brandon

Boys and girls in all stages of deshabille clustered about the door-steps and gave vent to audible exclamations of approval or disapprobation concerning the state of affairs behind the green shutters.

From Violets and Other Tales by Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore

I found Mr. Stimcoe in deshabille, on the first-floor landing, under the derisive surveillance of Masters Doggy Bates, Bob Pilkington, and Scotty Maclean, whose graceless mirth echoed down to me from the stair-rail immediately overhead.

From Poison Island by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

I knocked at one at a hazard, and was rejected by a large woman in deshabille.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter