Meanings
nounmicroskirt (plural microskirts)
plural microskirts
- An extremely short miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch or underwear level.
The girls were slender, delectable in stacked heels and shiny clothes that glowed in the dark. One of them wore a microskirt, and he could see the tops of black or navy thigh-highs as he stopped to pick them up.
1999, James Patterson, Pop Goes the Weasel, Headline, →ISBN
Origin
From micro- + skirt, by analogy with miniskirt.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish mikrohame
- mikrohameextremely short skirt
French microjupe
- microjupeextremely short skirt
Italian microgonna
- microgonnaextremely short skirt
Portuguese microssaia
- microssaiaextremely short skirt
Russian микро-юбка
- микро-юбка (mikro-jubka)extremely short skirt
Spanish microfalda
- microfaldaextremely short skirt
Swedish mikrokjol
- mikrokjolextremely short skirt
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APA
microskirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microskirt
MLA
“microskirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microskirt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microskirt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microskirt.
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