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undergown

undergown noun: a gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.

Noun

undergown (plural undergowns)

  1. A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.
    • an undergown and kirtle of pale sea-green silk1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co....

Forms of undergown

pluralundergowns

Origin of undergown

From under- + gown.

Questions about undergown

What does undergown mean?
Undergown means a gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.
What part of speech is undergown?
Undergown is a noun.
What is the plural of undergown?
The plural of undergown is undergowns.

Words near undergown in the dictionary

  1. undergovernesses
  2. undergovernment
  3. undergovernments
  4. undergovernor
  5. undergovernors
  6. undergown
  7. undergowns
  8. undergrad
  9. undergrade
  10. undergraded
  11. undergrades

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