deshabille
Americannoun
noun
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the state of being partly or carelessly dressed
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archaic clothes worn in such a state
Etymology
Origin of deshabille
C17: from French déshabillé undressed, from dés- dis- 1 + habiller to dress; see habiliment
Example Sentences
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Flinging on a bathrobe and whistling to his great boar hound, he sought that worthy, en deshabille.
From Time Magazine Archive
The baron was not in the slightest degree “put out,” as the phrase is, at being detected in his present occupation and deshabille.
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
The real reason was because she was in wretched deshabille, her face was swollen with weeping, and it would be such a weary work to do her hair.
From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Lee, Minnie Mary
Leeby, as yet in deshabille, was shaving her father at a tremendous rate, and Jess, looking as fresh as a daisy, was ready to receive the visitors.
From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
After pressing the electric bell a dozen times at least, Winter appeared in deshabille, inclined to grumble.
From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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