deshabille

[ dez-uh-beel, -bee ]

noun

1. a variant of dishabille.

deshabille

/ ˌdeɪzæˈbiːl /

noun

1. the state of being partly or carelessly dressed
2. archaic.
   clothes worn in such a state

Word History and Origins

Origin of deshabille¹

C17: from French déshabillé undressed, from dés- dis- ¹+ habiller to dress; see habiliment

Example Sentences

But the lights, the cameras, and her state of deshabille seemed to transform her.

From The Daily Beast

If he had been one of his own insane paupers en deshabille he could not have excited more astonishment or more consternation.

From Project Gutenberg

I grant that they deck Nature with somewhat too prolix a grace; but is beauty always best seen in deshabille?

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He was in deshabille and was sweeping out his office with a hard brush and shovel.

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At nine o'clock, accordingly, the hands were turned-to, and before noon the ship was pretty thoroughly en deshabille.

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Her deshabille was without doubt an embarrassment Already he was beginning to find excuses for her.

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