dishabille

[ dis-uh-beel, -bee ]

noun

1. the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.
2. a garment worn in undress.
3. a loose morning dress.
4. a disorderly or disorganized state of mind or way of thinking.

dishabille

/ ˌdɪsæˈbiːl /

noun

1. See deshabille
   a variant of deshabille

Word History and Origins

Origin of dishabille¹

First recorded in 1665–75; from French déshabillé, noun use of past participle of déshabiller “to undress,” equivalent to dés- negative or reversing prefix; + habiller “to dress”; dis- ¹, habiliment

Example Sentences

This gentleman now appeared altogether as full-dressed as he had before been in full dishabille.

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Lady Eleanor, who scarcely looked as well in dishabille as her daughter, might feel offended.

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As on shipboard and at The Briars, he gave his mornings to literature, clad in a studied, picturesque dishabille.

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When they present him, as for the most part they do, in dishabille, they exhibit him very greatly to his disadvantage.

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She seems to be typical of the half-crazed human poetess, in usual sublime dishabille.

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• unkempt