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lingerie

[ lahn-zhuh-rey, lan-zhuh-ree, -juh-; French lanzhuh-ree ]

noun

  1. underwear, sleepwear, and other items of intimate apparel worn by women.
  2. Archaic. linen goods in general.


adjective

  1. having the qualities of lingerie; lacy or frilly.

lingerie

/ ˈlænʒərɪ /

noun

  1. women's underwear and nightwear
  2. archaic.
    linen goods collectively


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lingerie1

First recorded in 1825–35; from French, from Middle French linge “linen” (from Latin līneus “flaxen”; line 1 ) + -erie -ery

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lingerie1

C19: from French, from linge, from Latin līneus linen, from līnum flax

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Example Sentences

The married Texas Republican was photographed in ducky pajamas next to a lingerie model at a local bar in May 2009.

That may well be the case but few people inside the show at Earls Court seemed to be talking about the lingerie.

In between a female sex shop and trendy boutiques is a nondescript store selling all manner of bras, corsets, and other lingerie.

Other days, I see sleek blonde brides hoping to find the perfect lingerie to wear beneath their wedding dresses.

Lingerie—once so scandalous, erotic—was worse than taboo, it was passé.

Margaret knelt in a soft flop of scented lingerie beside the indignant young thing.

They brought my laundry back yesterday, and for one piece of silk lingerie I was charged—guess?

The earnings of makers of "imported" lingerie waists sometimes rise as high as $25 a week.

I am sending you a pair of blue silk stockings and a tie to match, to wear with white duck skirts and lingerie waists.

I wonder what Doctor Wright will say when we tell him we caught game fish with a bent pin tied on lingerie ribbon.

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