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dishabille
[ dis-uh-beel, -bee ]
noun
- the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.
- a garment worn in undress.
- a loose morning dress.
- a disorderly or disorganized state of mind or way of thinking.
dishabille
/ ˌdɪsæˈbiːl /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dishabille1
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Example Sentences
This gentleman now appeared altogether as full-dressed as he had before been in full dishabille.
Lady Eleanor, who scarcely looked as well in dishabille as her daughter, might feel offended.
As on shipboard and at The Briars, he gave his mornings to literature, clad in a studied, picturesque dishabille.
When they present him, as for the most part they do, in dishabille, they exhibit him very greatly to his disadvantage.
She seems to be typical of the half-crazed human poetess, in usual sublime dishabille.
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