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View synonyms for deshabille

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of deshabille1

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

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Example Sentences

Grizel, who had never before been called upon to interview food in déshabillé, turned from the sight with a shudder.

His biographer speaks of presenting "le héros en déshabillé."

Ten minutes later the Bosch gentlemen were en route for the main guard under strong, if déshabillé, escort.

She had forgotten that reflection of hers that white was becoming, and only felt the horror of having been seen in déshabillé.

Before them stood a dazzlingly beautiful woman in oriental déshabillé.

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