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dishabille|dɪsəˈbiːl, -ˈbɪl|
Forms: α. 7 dishabillie, -billié, 7–8 dishabillee, 8 dishabilie, -habilly, -abilly, deshabilé, 7–9 déshabillé. β. 7–9 deshabille, déshabille, 8 deshabil. γ. 7– dishabille, 8 dishabile, (9 dial. disabil).
[ad. F. déshabillé (in 1642 desabillé, Hatz.-Darm.) undress, subst. use of pa. pple. of déshabiller to undress, f. des-, dis- 4 + habiller to dress, etc. The final -é of the French word (or its equivalent) has been occasional in English since the 17th c., but it was soon changed to e mute, and the prefix generally (like OF. des-) altered to dis-.]
1. The state of being partly undressed, or dressed in a negligent or careless style; undress. Usually in phr. in dishabille (= Fr. en déshabillé).
α1705Farquhar Twin-Rivals v. iv, I found you a little in the déshabillé. 1709Mrs. Manley New Atal. (ed. 2) I. 38 (Stanf.) Favour'd by his Disabilly all tempting. 1711Steele Spect. No. 49 ⁋3 The Pleasures of their Deshabilé. 1711Brit. Apollo III. No. 144. 3/1 The Ladies..Appear'd in such a Dishabilie there. 1796G. M. Woodward Eccentric Excurs. (1807) 26 His lady made a thousand apologies for being catched in such a dishabilly. 1885Athenæum 7 Nov. 601/1 The shortcomings of English costume pale before the déshabillé of the Dutch colonial ladies.
β1708S. Centlivre Busie Body i. i, What would she give now to be in this deshabille in the open air? 1713Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 367 (1726) 96 A party next of glitt'ring Dames..Came early, out of pure Good-will, To see the Girl in Deshabille. 1773Sheridan in Sheridaniana 70 In studious deshabille behold her sit. 1861T. A. Trollope La Beata I. vi. 125 The easy, confidential intercourse of her déshabille in the boudoir.
γ1684tr. Plutarch's Mor. Pref. (L.), To surprise his mistress in dishabille. 1763–5Churchill Journey Poems II. 5 Nor would I have the Sisters of the hill Behold their Bard in such a Dishabille. 1799Southey Nondescripts iv, Were it fair To judge a lady in her dishabille? 1874Burnand My time ii. 13 Standing..in his shirt-sleeves, for which dishabille he had apologized to us.
2. concr. A garment worn in undress; a dress or costume of a negligent style.
1673Wycherley Gentl. Dancing-master v. i, Contented..instead of variety of new gowns and rich petticoats, with her dishabillie, or flame-colour gown called Indian. 1690Crowne Eng. Friar v. Dram. Wks. 1874 IV. 111 They only come in dishabillees to visit me, and did not expect your Lordship. 1713Gay Guardian No. 149 ⁋6 We have a kind of sketch of dress..which, as the invention was foreign, is called a Dishabille; every thing is thrown on with a loose and careless air. 1789F. Burney Diary 21 Aug., She does not become a déshabille. a1847Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor V. xxxi. 224 A neat undress, or dishabille, is much admired in England. 1868Gloss. Sussex Words in Hurst Horsham, I'm sorry, ma'am, you see me in such a dirty disabil.
3. transf. and fig.
1712Pope Let. 5 Dec. Wks. 1737 V. 188 Thoughts just warm from the brain, without any polishing or dress, the very dishabille of the understanding. 1753Foote Eng. in Paris. i. Wks. 1799 I. 35 What has been the matter, Squire? Your face seems a little in deshabille. a1817T. Dwight Trav. (1821) II. 142 Where nature..is now naked and deformed, she will suddenly exchange the dishabille; and be ornamented..with her richest attire. 1825Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life II. x. 212 [Pepys] sets down his thoughts in a most becoming dishabille. 1830Galt Laurie T. iv. viii. (1849) 171 The house was in dishabille.
†B. as adj. [repr. F. déshabillé pa. pple.] In undress, negligently dressed. Obs.
1691Islington Wells 4 (Stanf.) Three Ladies Drest Dishabillee. 1694N. H. Ladies Dict. 14/1 (Stanf.) He is Deshabille, that is in a careless Dress. |