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peignoir

WordNet
'Toilette négligée du matin'. Two women by a sofa. Left: 'simarre', new 'peignoir' of muslin decorated with lace, including 'marceline'. Right: 'peignoir' of 'mousseline de l'Inde' and decorated with tulle. Print from the fashion magazine La Mode (1829-1855).
'Toilette négligée du matin'. Two women by a sofa. Left: 'simarre', new 'peignoir' of muslin decorated with lace, including 'marceline'. Right: 'peignoir' of 'mousseline de l'Inde' and decorated with tulle. Print from the fashion magazine La Mode (1829-1855).
  1. (n) peignoir
    a loose dressing gown for women
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Peignoir
    A woman's loose dressing sack; hence, a loose morning gown or wrapper.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) peignoir
    A loose dressing-sack worn by women, usually of washable material; by extension, a woman's dressing-gown or morning-gown; a wrapper.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Peignoir
    pēn-wär′ a loose wrapper worn by women during their toilet.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F., fr. peigner, to comb, L. pectinare,. See Pectinate

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr.

Usage in the news

Complacencies of the Peignoir . valleyadvocate.com

Usage in literature

She began to cry a little, and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her peignoir. "The Awakening and Selected Short Stories" by Kate Chopin

Yes, her 'peignoirs' are trimmed with mechlin. "The Marriage Contract" by Honore de Balzac

Pink peignoir and turquoise-blue boudoir cap, silk petticoat and stockings and adorable little slippers. "The Drums Of Jeopardy" by Harold MacGrath

Madame Leonie then extended her shapely bare arm out of her peignoir, pointing dramatically at the divan. "A Set of Six" by Joseph Conrad

A quick patter of feet along the passage and then Stephen half dressed with a peignoir thrown over her, swept into the room. "The Man" by Bram Stoker

A young woman in a sky-blue peignoir scuttled across the next landing, carrying a bottle of beer in each hand. "Who Cares?" by Cosmo Hamilton

Perhaps the most striking portion of the scenery was Helen's peignoir. "Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)" by Arnold Bennett

She was wearing her pink peignoir with white frills at the neck and wrists. "The Price of Love" by Arnold Bennett

She was clad now in a girdled peignoir of rich rose-color, the sleeves, wide and full, falling hack from her round arms. "54-40 or Fight" by Emerson Hough

Each time he saw a woman in her peignoir or kimono he felt as though he had committed a sacrilege. "The Voice in the Fog" by Harold MacGrath

Usage in poetry
But now, by our perverse supposal,
There is a drift of fog on your mornings;
You in your peignoir, dainty at your orange cup,
Feel poising round the sunny room