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
I found Mr. Stimcoe in deshabille, on the first-floor landing, under the derisive surveillance of Masters Doggy Bates, Bob Pilkington, and Scotty Maclean, whose graceless mirth echoed down to me from the stair-rail immediately overhead.
From Poison Island by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
He found the chief engineer standing before his desk in some deshabille, filling a black briar.
From Command by McFee, William
In morning, in deshabille, not all the venerability of its age can make it respectable.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various
After pressing the electric bell a dozen times at least, Winter appeared in deshabille, inclined to grumble.
From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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