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Definitions for Deshabille
ˌdɛz əˈbil, -ˈbide·sha·bille

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dishabille, deshabillenoun

    the state of being carelessly or partially dressed

Wiktionary

  1. deshabillenoun

    the state of being partially clothed

  2. Etymology: déshabille

Wikipedia

  1. deshabille

    The negligee or négligée (French: négligé [negliʒe]; lit. 'neglected'), also known in French as déshabillé ([dezabije]), is a form of see-through clothing for women consisting of a sheer, usually long, dressing gown. It is a form of nightgown intended for wear at night and in the bedroom. It was introduced in France in the 18th century, where it mimicked the heavy head-to-toe style of women's day dresses of the time. By the 1920s, the negligee began to mimic women's satin single-layer evening dress of the period. The term "negligee" was used on a Royal Doulton run of ceramic figurines in 1927, showing women wearing what appears to be a one-piece knee-length silk or rayon slip, trimmed with lace. Although the evening-dresses style of nightwear made moves towards the modern negligee style—translucent bodices, lace trimming, bows, exemplified in 1941 by a photo of Rita Hayworth in Life—it was only after World War II that nightwear changed from being primarily utilitarian to being primarily sensual or even erotic; the negligee emerged strongly as a form of lingerie. Modern negligees are often much looser and made of sheer and diaphanous fabrics and trimmed with lace or other fine material and bows. Multiple layers of fabric are often used. The modern negligee thus perhaps owes more to women's fine bedjackets or bed-capes, and up-market slips than to the nightgown. It spread to a mass market, benefiting from the introduction of cheap synthetic fabrics such as nylon and its finer successors. From the 1940s to the 1970s, the trend was for negligees to become shorter in length (e.g. the babydoll of the 1970s). Negligees made from the 1940s to the 1970s are now collectible vintage items. In the UK in 2004, negligees accounted for only four percent of women's nightwear sales, women's pyjamas having dominated since the mid-1980s. However, UK negligee sales are said to have been the fastest increasing sector of the market since 1998.

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  1. deshabille

    Deshabille is a state of being partially or carelessly dressed in casual or undress clothes. It can also refer specifically to loungewear or sleepwear. The word originally comes from French, meaning "undressed."

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deshabillenoun

    an undress; a careless toilet

  2. Etymology: [F. dshabill, fr. dshabiller to undress; pref. ds- (L. dis-) + habiller to dress. See Habiliment, and cf. Dishabille.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Deshabille

    des-a-bil′, n. an undress: a careless toilet. [Fr. déshabillé, undressed—des = L. dis = un, not, and habiller, to dress.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Deshabille in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Deshabille in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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