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DISHABILLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dishabille mean?
• DISHABILLE (noun)
The noun DISHABILLE has 1 sense:
1. the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
Familiarity information: DISHABILLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being carelessly or partially dressed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
deshabille; dishabille
Hypernyms ("dishabille" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dishabille"):
shirtsleeves (not wearing a jacket)
Context examples
Wherever they went, some pattened girl stopped to curtsy, or some footman in dishabille sneaked off.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
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