dishabille

noun

the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.

a garment worn in undress.

a loose morning dress.

a disorderly or disorganized state of mind or way of thinking.

Origin:
1665–75; < French déshabillé, noun use of past participle of déshabiller to undress, equivalent to dés- dis-¹ + habiller to dress; see habiliment

Can be confused: décolletage, décolleté, dishabille.

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deshabille or dishabille (ˌdeɪzæˈbiːl)

—n
1.	the state of being partly or carelessly dressed
2.	archaic clothes worn in such a state

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

dishabille or dishabille

—n

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

dishabille (ˌdɪsæˈbiːl)

—n
	a variant of deshabille

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dishabille

1673, from Fr. déshabillé "undress," from des- "dis-" + habiller "to dress," originally "prepare, arrange" (see habit).

Example sentences

The interior of the doctor's room might be aptly described as being en dishabille.

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