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dishabilles

dishabilles is the plural of dishabille.

Meaning of dishabille

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...
  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

Questions about dishabilles

What is dishabilles the plural of?
Dishabilles is the plural of dishabille.

Words near dishabilles in the dictionary

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

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