Definitions for negligee

negligee neg·li·gee

Spelling: [neg-li-zhey, neg-li-zhey]
IPA: /ˌnɛg lɪˈʒeɪ, ˈnɛg lɪˌʒeɪ/

Negligee is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in negligee (eeeggiln).

Definitions for negligee

noun

  1. a dressing gown or robe, usually of sheer fabric and having soft, flowing lines, worn by women.
  2. easy, informal attire.

Origin of negligee

1745-55, Americanism; French négligé carelessness, undress, literally, neglected, past participle of négliger Latin negligere, variant of neglegere to neglect

Examples for negligee

Marjorie arose with her customary energy and reached for her negligee.

The more I thought about it, the worser I felt, laying there in retrospect and negligee.

This sparkly amalgamation of sailor suit and negligee lives forever in infamy.

There was no more of the Sort, or you should have had enough for a negligee or Suit.

She was pulling at the long broad blue ribbons of her negligee.

She first appears onscreen in the late 1950s, flitting around the breakfast table in a negligee.

She already was undressed—had on the negligee she's wearing now.

The Phelan shoulders and embonpoint, still in negligee, followed.

Or rather, in a negligee costume, for I had taken off my evening gown and wore a tea-gown.

Dudley's negligee shirt was open over his chest which was beaded with sweat.

Word Value for negligee
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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