Definitions for dishabille

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dishabille dis·ha·bille

Spelling: [dis-uh-beel, -bee]

IPA: /ˌdɪs əˈbil, -ˈbi/

Dishabille is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 515 anagrams from letters in dishabille (abdehiills).

Definitions for dishabille

noun

1. the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.
2. a garment worn in undress.
3. a loose morning dress.
4. a disorderly or disorganized state of mind or way of thinking.

Origin of dishabille

1665-75; French déshabillé, noun use of past participle of déshabiller to undress, equivalent to dés- dis-¹ + habiller to dress; see Examples for dishabille

We found her in a dishabille, intending to go to Hampton Court to-morrow.

The dishabille, or half-binding (with Russia backs ever) is our costume.

She looked at him as though she had noticed his dishabille for the first time.

Mrs. Chedsoye was just as beautiful in dishabille as in a ball-gown.

She would not see him in a dishabille for the world—What can she mean by it?

She was in her parlour, half dressed in what they call, I believe, a dishabille.

Hinge, conscious of his dishabille, had retreated at the moment of her entrance.

The disposition in public may be in gay costume, while in private it is in dishabille.

She was in dishabille, and only requested time to change her dress.

We found her in a Brazilian dishabille, and looking harassed and anxious.