deshabille

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UK/ˈdɛzəbɪəl/

noun

The state of being partially clothed.

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OriginFrench déshabillé →
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Meanings

noundeshabille (countable and uncountable, plural deshabilles)

plural deshabilles

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being partially clothed.

    We have witnessed the deshabille of Major Pendennis: will any man wish to be valet-de-chambre to our other hero, Costigan?

    1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 49, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC
  2. countableuncountableA garment worn when one is in a state of undress; a négligée.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe state of being carelessly or partially dressed

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchdéshabillé“undressed”
  2. Englishdeshabille

Borrowed from French déshabillé (“undressed”), the past participle of déshabiller (“to undress”).

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APA

deshabille. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deshabille

MLA

“deshabille.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deshabille. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deshabille,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deshabille.

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