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
He found the chief engineer standing before his desk in some deshabille, filling a black briar.
From Command by McFee, William
It was the lawyer, in deshabille and very rough-haired; and very angry he looked.
From Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
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
John smiled to see Harry from morning to night in deshabille as workmanlike as possible, with a foot rule or hammer constantly in his hand.
From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
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