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neg⋅li⋅gee

  [neg-li-zhey, neg-li-zhey]
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–noun
1. a dressing gown or robe, usually of sheer fabric and having soft, flowing lines, worn by women.
2. easy, informal attire.
Also, neg⋅li⋅gée, neg⋅li⋅gé.

Origin:
1745–55, Americanism; < F négligé carelessness, undress, lit., neglected, ptp. of négliger < L negligere, var. of neglegere to neglect
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neg·li·gee also neg·li·gée or neg·li·gé   (něg'lĭ-zhā', něg'lĭ-zhā')   
n.  

  1. A woman's loose dressing gown, often of soft, delicate fabric.

  2. Informal or incomplete attire.


[French négligée, from feminine past participle of négliger, to neglect, from Latin neglegere; see neglect.]
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negligee 
1756, "a kind of loose gown worn by women," from Fr. négligée, from fem. pp. of négliger "to neglect," from L. neglegere (see neglect). So called in comparison to the elaborate costume of a fully dressed woman of the period. Borrowed again, 1835; the modern sense "semi-transparent, flimsy, lacy dressing gown" is yet another revival, first recorded 1930.
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negligee

(French: "careless," or "neglected"), informal gown, usually of a soft, sheer fabric, worn at home by women. In the days of tightly corseted and laced clothing, the negligee was a loose-fitting gown worn during the rest period after lunch. The negligee was sometimes belted with a narrow sash or ribbon

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