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deshabille

WordNet
  1. (n) deshabille
    the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Deshabille
    An undress; a careless toilet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) deshabille
    See dishabille.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Deshabille
    des-a-bil′ an undress: a careless toilet.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F. déshabillé, fr. déshabiller, to undress; pref. dés-,L. dis-,) + habiller, to dress. See Habiliment, and cf. Dishabille

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr. déshabillé, undressed—des = L. dis = un, not, and habiller, to dress.

Usage in literature

She was obviously in deshabille, and yet there was something neat and trim about the smaller details of her toilette. "Peter Ruff and the Double Four" by E. Phillips Oppenheim

He was dressed, again by the hands of the incomparable Leduc, in a deshabille of some artistry. "The Lion's Skin" by Rafael Sabatini

The forlorn Pallet sat upright in his bed in a deshabille that was altogether extraordinary. "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I" by Tobias Smollett

It must have been near midnight, and Admiral Porter was in deshabille. "The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete" by William T. Sherman

It must have been near midnight, and Admiral Porter was in deshabille. "Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete" by U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan

She was prepared for Sam and Miss Smith, and did not mind her deshabille for them. "The Cromptons" by Mary J. Holmes

He scarcely noticed Lenora's deshabille, which was in a measure concealed by the cloak which Quest had thrown around her. "The Black Box" by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Hester abandoned herself permanently to deshabilles. "A Houseful of Girls" by Sarah Tytler

In deshabille she looked fresh and bewitching. "'Firebrand' Trevison" by Charles Alden Seltzer

She came to herself in a normal condition and apologised to the missionary for her state of deshabille. "The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's" by A. Mildred Cable