单词 | dishabille |
释义 | dishabillen.adj. A. n. 1. The state of being partly undressed, or dressed in a negligent or careless style; undress. Usually in in dishabille (= French en déshabillé). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing other clothing > state of dishabille1684 wedding-appearance1751 frockhood1861 dishybilly1922 α. β. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body i. i. 8 What would she give now to be in this dissabilee in the open air.1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 18 A Party next of glitt'ring Dames..Came early out of pure Good-will, To see the Girl in Deshabille.1773 Sheridan in Sheridaniana 70 In studious deshabille behold her sit.1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata I. vi. 125 The easy, confidential intercourse of her déshabille in the boudoir.γ. 1684 M. Morgan in M. Morgan et al. tr. Plutarch Morals I. Pref. sig. av To surprise his Mistress in Dishabileé.a1764 C. Churchill Journey (1765) 5 Nor would I have the Sisters of the hill Behold their Bard in such a Dishabille.1799 R. Southey Nondescripts iv, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 66 Were it fair To judge a Lady in her dishabille?1874 F. C. Burnand My Time ii. 13 Standing..in his shirt-sleeves, for which dishabille he had apologized to us.1703 G. Farquhar Twin-rivals v. iv. 68 I found you a little in the disabilé. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 38 Favour'd by his Disabilly all tempting. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 49. ⁋3 The Pleasures of their Deshabilé. 1711 Brit. Apollo 21–23 Feb. The Ladies..Appear'd in such a Dishabilie there. 1796 G. M. Woodward Eccentric Excurs. (1807) 26 His lady made a thousand apologies for being catched in such a dishabilly. 1885 Athenæum 7 Nov. 601/1 The shortcomings of English costume pale before the déshabillé of the Dutch colonial ladies. 2. concrete. A garment worn in undress; a dress or costume of a negligent style. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > negligent disarray1590 mob1665 dishabille1673 undress1683 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master v. i Contented..instead of variety of new gowns and rich petticoats, with her dishabillie, or flame-colour gown called Indian. 1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier v. 47 They only come in dishabillees to visit me, and did not expect your Lordship. 1713 J. Gay in Guardian 1 Sept. 1/1 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. 1789 F. Burney Diary 21 Aug. (1842) V. 52 She does not become a déshabille. 1829 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VII. xxxi. 96 A neat undress, or dishabille, is much admired in England. 1868 Gloss. Sussex Words in D. E. Hurst Horsham I'm sorry, ma'am, you see me in such a dirty disabil. 3. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1712 A. Pope Corr. 5 Dec. (1956) I. 160 Thoughts just warm from the brain without any polishing or dress, the very déshabille of the understanding. 1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris i. 14 What has been the Matter, Squire? Your Face seems a little in Deshabile. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 142 Where nature..is now naked and deformed, she will suddenly exchange the dishabille; and be ornamented..with her richest attire. 1825 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. x. 212 [Pepys] sets down his thoughts in a most becoming dishabille. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. viii. 67 The house was in dishabille. In undress, negligently dressed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > negligently dressed dishevelc1381 unreadya1555 dishevelled1612 dishabille1691 browzy1719 1691 Islington Wells 4 Three Ladies Drest Dishabillee. 1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 14/1 He is Deshabille, that is in a careless Dress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1673 |
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