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dishabille

/dɪsəˈbiːl/

dishabille noun: extreme casual or disorderly dress, for example, with the shirttail out, sleeves unbuttoned, etc.

Noun

dishabille (countable and uncountable, plural dishabilles)

  1. Extreme casual or disorderly dress, for example, with the shirttail out, sleeves unbuttoned, etc.
    • When I rallied him for viſiting me in ſuch a diſhabille, he ſtood a tiptoe to view himſelf in the glaſs; and owning I was in the right, ſaid that he would go and dreſs himſelf before dinner.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 260, column...
    • Wherever they went, some pattened girl stopped to curtsy, or some footman in dishabille sneaked off. Yet this was an abbey!1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817...
  2. A loose, negligent dress.
    • She wore a dishabille of mignonette-green silk and bead-diapered head-dress that added several inches to her height […]1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 44

dishabille meaning in Tamil and Bengali

dishabille in Tamil

கவனக்குறைவான உடைச் சீர்க்குலைவு, அரைகுறை உடைநிலை, புற ஆடை அகற்றிய நிலை

dishabille in Bengali

চরম অগোছালো, বিশৃঙ্খল পোশাক, শার্টের শেষভাগ বাইরে থাকা, আলগা, অগোছালো পোশাক

Forms of dishabille

pluraldishabilles
alternative formdeshabille

Origin of dishabille

From French déshabillé.

Words that rhyme with dishabille

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Questions about dishabille

What does dishabille mean?
Dishabille means extreme casual or disorderly dress, for example, with the shirttail out, sleeves unbuttoned, etc.
What is dishabille in Tamil?
Dishabille in Tamil is கவனக்குறைவான உடைச் சீர்க்குலைவு, அரைகுறை உடைநிலை, புற ஆடை அகற்றிய நிலை. See Dishabille meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dishabille?
Dishabille is a noun.
How do you pronounce dishabille?
Dishabille is pronounced /dɪsəˈbiːl/.
What is the plural of dishabille?
The plural of dishabille is dishabilles.

Words near dishabille in the dictionary

  1. dishabilitate
  2. dishabilitated
  3. dishabilitates
  4. dishabilitating
  5. dishabilitation
  6. dishabille
  7. dishabilles
  8. dishabit
  9. dishabited
  10. dishabiting
  11. dishabits

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