deshabille

See also: déshabille, déshabillé, and dishabille

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French déshabillé (“undressed”), past participle of déshabiller (“to undress”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛzəbɪəl/

Noun

deshabille (countable and uncountable, plural deshabilles)

1. the state of being partially clothed
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 49, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     We have witnessed the deshabille of Major Pendennis: will any man wish to be valet-de-chambre to our other hero, Costigan?

2. a garment worn when one is in a state of undress; a négligée

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