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IN DISHABILLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does in dishabille mean?
• IN DISHABILLE (adjective)
The adjective IN DISHABILLE has 1 sense:
1. partly dressed in a loose or careless manner
Familiarity information: IN DISHABILLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Partly dressed in a loose or careless manner
Synonyms:
en deshabille; in dishabille
Similar:
unclothed (not wearing clothing)
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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