deshabille

[ dez-uh-beel, -bee ]
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noun
  1. a variant of dishabille.

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How to use deshabille in a sentence

  • Her deshabille was without doubt an embarrassment Already he was beginning to find excuses for her.

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British Dictionary definitions for deshabille

deshabille

dishabille

/ (ˌdeɪzæˈbiːl) /


noun
  1. the state of being partly or carelessly dressed

  2. archaic clothes worn in such a state

Origin of deshabille

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

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