dishabille
Collocations
3ADJ.
worse
VERB + DISHABILLE
state
PREP.
down, in, off
Definitions
noun
Extreme casual or disorderly dress, for example, with the shirt-tail out, sleeves unbuttoned, etc.
When I rallied him for viſiting me in ſuch a diſhabille, he ſtood a tiptoe to view himſelf in the glaſs; and owning I was in the right, ſaid that he would go and dreſs himſelf before dinner.
Wherever they went, some pattened girl stopped to curtsy, or some footman in dishabille sneaked off. Yet this was an abbey!
A loose, negligent dress.
She wore a dishabille of mignonette-green silk and bead-diapered head-dress that added several inches to her height […]
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Synonyms
noun — the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3When I rallied him for viſiting me in ſuch a diſhabille, he ſtood a tiptoe to view himſelf in the glaſs; and owning I was in the right, ſaid that he would go and dreſs himſelf before dinner.
WiktionaryWherever they went, some pattened girl stopped to curtsy, or some footman in dishabille sneaked off. Yet this was an abbey!
WiktionaryA little after 3:15 o’clock yesterday afternoon a stream of people, hatless, coatless, some in an even worse state of dishabille rushed down the stairs or to the elevators of every one of the downtown
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