undressn.

Brit.

/ˈʌndrɛs/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈdrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈənˌdrɛs/,

/ˌənˈdrɛs/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 6.

1. Partial or incomplete dress; dress of a kind not ordinarily worn in public; dishabille. Also (esp. of men), informal or ordinary dress, as distinct from that worn on ceremonial or special occasions.

a. Of women.The common use during the 18th century.

ΚΠ

1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice iv. 33 To day the Beauty Lyes ambush'd in undresses, the hair pin'd up in Papers.

1702 T. Brown Select Epist. Cicero 280 How he surpriz'd a famous Miss of the Town dining at her Lodgings in an undress.

1760 S. Fielding Ophelia I. viii. 48 The Night-Gowns, and common Undresses were grown familiar to me.

1767 London Gaz. No. 10716. 2/1 The Ladies to wear black Silk or Velvet... Undress, white or grey Lustrings [etc.].

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 240 Where she sat..adorned with all that Janet's art, and a rich and tasteful undress, could bestow.

1829 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VII. xxxi. 96 A neat undress, or dishabille, is much admired in England.

b. Of men.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > negligent

disarray1590

mob1665

dishabille1673

undress1683

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > informal wear

undress1767

casual1941

1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 94 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I Here you are led into the private Lodgings of the Heroe; you see him in his undress.

1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 413 He had ben on the bed, but was now risen, & in his Undresse.

1767 London Gaz. No. 10716. 2/1 The Men to continue in Black full trimmed;..Undress, light grey Frocks.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. vii. 118 Varney..had changed his splendid attire, and now waited on his patron in a very modest and plain undress.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ii. viii. 33 There are few more difficult persons to identify than a huntsman in undress.

c. Military and Navy: Dress or uniform authorized to be worn on ordinary occasions, as distinguished from full or service dress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > naval, military, etc. > types of

regimentals1728

undress1748

regiments1759

regimental1764

dress uniform1774

kit1785

roast beef coat1802

butternut1810

frock-uniform1810

fatigue-dress1834

fatigue1836

fatigue-uniform1836

shirtsleeve order1854

grey1862

scarlet runnerc1864

square-rig1875

rig of the day1877

swagger-dress1901

trench coat1914

hospital blue1919

romper1922

suntan1937

battle-dress1938

army greens1945

mess kit1953

tiger suit1970

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xx. 167 To get into [Captain] Odonnell's apartment, while he was abroad in an undress, and examine his sword.

1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Chron. 194/1 Undress. Admiral's.—A blue cloth frock, with blue cuff and blue lappels.

1829 S. Haigh Sketches Buenos Ayres & Chile 123 The soldiers wore what I supposed was their undress; it consisted of a military cap, a poncho, and sandals of hide.

1849 C. J. Lever Confessions Con Cregan I. v. 44 A young officer, in a cavalry undress.

1857 Dress Regul. Army 28 Scarlet Undress..Blue Undress.

1879 Unif. Reg. in Navy List July (1882) 487/2 Trowsers, without lace.—As in undress.

2. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [noun]

uncomeliness1542

unhandsomenessa1586

indecorum1598

unseemliness1598

inconcinnity1616

undress1684

inelegance1726

(a)

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 141 'Tis very useful..to look often upon such bare draughts as shew us nature in an undress.

1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes iv. i. 48 This Famine has a sharp and meager Face: 'Tis Death in an undress of Skin and Bone.

1736 A. Pope Imit. Cowley in Wks. III. 6 Where Lilies smile in virgin robes of white, The thin Undress of superficial Light.

1844 I. Williams Baptistery II. iv. 56 Such Basil's Pontic home..beautiful in nature's stern undress.

(b)1797 Monthly Mag. 3 493/1 When we are able to attend the author in the sequestered scenes of life, and contemplate the undress of his mind.1825 Examiner 738/2 We now and then detected a little colloquial undress in the female dialogue.1886 W. Pater Appreciations (1890) 127 When he writes (still in undress) he does but take the ‘friendly reader’ into his confidence.

3. attributive. Constituting an undress; worn when in undress; spec. in Military and Navy use (see 1c).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other

smalleOE

lightc1230

round1402

side-necked1430

wanton1489

Spanish1530

tucked1530

lustya1555

civil1582

open-breasted1598

full1601

everlasting1607

sheeten1611

nothinga1616

burly1651

pin-up1677

slouching1691

double-breasted1701

negligée1718

translated1727

uniform1746

undress1777

single-breasted1796

unworn1798

mamalone1799

costumic1801

safeguard1822

Tom and Jerry1830

lightweight1837

fancy dress1844

wrap-1845

hen-skin1846

Mary Stuart1846

well-cut1849

mousquetaire1851

empire1852

costumary1853

solid1859

spring weight1869

Henri II1870

western1881

hard-boiled1882

man-of-war1883

Henley1886

demi-season1890

Gretchen1890

toreador1892

crossover1893

French cut1896

drifty1897

boxy1898

Buster Brown1902

Romney1903

modistic1907

Peter Pan1908

classic1909

Fauntleroy1911

baby doll1912

flared1928

flare1929

tuck-in1929

unpressed1932

Edwardian1934

swingy1937

topless1937

wraparound1937

dressed-down1939

cover-up1942

Sun Yat-sen1942

utility1942

non-utility1948

sudsable1951

off-the-shoulder1953

peasant1953

flareless1954

A-line1955

matador1955

stretch1956

wash-and-wear1959

layered1962

Tom Jones1964

Carnaby Street1965

Action Man1966

Mao-style1967

wear-dated1968

thermal1970

bondage1980

swaggery1980

hoochie1990

mitumba1990

kinderwhore1994

1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain II. 231 You cannot dine, or visit after dinner, in an undress frock.

1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. vii. 217 The officers in their undress uniform.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 132 When Officers attend in Uniform as spectators at the Review,..they are not to appear in Blue Frock-Coats or Undress Jackets.

1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping (1899) 238 The Collector of Poggulpore's portly form, in very much undress garb.

figurative.1806 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 135 The simple, idiomatic, undress, conversational tone of Lessing's blank verse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

undressv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈdrɛs/, U.S.

/ˌənˈdrɛs/

Etymology: un- prefix² 1b.

a. reflexive. To divest (oneself) of clothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)]

stripa1225

spoila1382

unclothea1382

despoil1388

spoila1395

undighta1400

uncase1576

disrobe1581

unreadya1586

untire1597

devest1598

discasea1616

undressa1616

disvest1627

doff1697

tirr1787

unray1825

divest1848

undrape1869

unrind1872

shuck1897

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 114 Madam vndresse you, and come now to bed.

1674 J. Bryan Harvest-home iv. 29 T' undress themselves they all see cause, And call'd to come they seldome use to pause.

1712 Spectator No. 506. ⁋5 A French Woman offering to undress and dress herself before the Lover.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. l. 184 Undress thyself, thy aunt..is without a garment.

1853 Arab. Nights (Rtldg.) 149 She then undressed herself and went to bed.

b. intransitive. To take off one's clothes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)]

stripa1225

unbusk1596

uncase1598

disapparela1605

undressa1625

disarray1678

unrig1693

disrobe1716

peel1785

tirr1787

unattire1791

shuck1848

a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ee1^v/2 What are you mad to make me Dresse, and undresse,..Because you find me plyant?

a1721 Prior Truth & Falsehood 25 Falsehood more leisurely undrest, And laying by Her tawdry vest, Trick'd her self out in Truth's array.

c1755 in B. Ward Hist. St. Edmund's Coll. (1893) 302 It is always one of the Masters Business to be present while they are undressing.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 121 In cold weather, the bather undresses in the former.

1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 93 She lay down on the bed in her clothes, and for three hours refused to undress.

†c. reflexive and intransitive. To change one's dress. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > changing clothing > change clothing [verb (intransitive)]

changea1470

shift1608

undress1769

swap1904

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > changing clothing > change clothing [verb (reflexive)]

changea1486

undress1769

1769 Lady M. Coke Jrnl. 15 June Being engaged to dine at the Imperial Ambassador's at Kensington I undressed and set out at four o'clock.

1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 145 If such a fine gentleman could condescend to undress himself, you might come..as a person who wanted hire.

a. transitive. To divest or strip (a person) of clothes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person

to dight nakedc1200

stripa1225

unclothec1300

nakea1350

despoilc1386

spoilc1386

spoila1400

uncleada1400

undighta1400

unarray14..

disarrayc1425

disattire?1473

unray1485

uncover1530

tirr1553

disclothe1570

disvesture1570

uncoat1571

uncase1576

unapparel1577

disrobe1590

unrig1591

unbusk1596

unstrip1596

untire1597

devest1598

unparel1603

unshale1604

unvest1609

disapparel1610

flaya1616

undress1615

disinvest1619

disvest1627

despoil1632

blanch1675

unpack1765

ungarment1805

peel1820

divest1848

divesture1854

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 67 Women stand prepared to vndresse her.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. ix. 282 He caus'd him to be undress'd in his presence.

1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. ix. 453 She resisted being undressed, and was seized with an aguish shivering fit.

1838 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 206 The ayah undressed me as quickly as she could.

1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water ii We must undress the child at once and put him to bed.

b. In figurative uses.

ΚΠ

1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 88 in Purple Island Till I slumber, and death shall undresse me, Thus will I sing.

1668 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. Vanity (1685) 143 It is childish to quarrel at that hand which undresses us..only to lay us to sleep.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) Pref. p. i The present Writer hath chosen..to undress a filthy Libel not long since published.

1883 G. Moore Mod. Lover (1887) 75 He was conscious that Lord Seaton was undressing him with a look, and already knew that his clothes had come from Halet's.

c. To strip of something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > completely

bestrip1065

stripa1225

shavec1399

barec1440

strip1594

shrig1601

undress1641

drain1660

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 61 The protestant religion..must undresse them of all their guilded vanities.

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xvi. xvii. 246 Disrobe me of my Beauty, and unty My closest veins; undress me, of my skin.

d. To dress scantily or lightly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > other

wear?c1225

wear?a1366

hapc1390

to-ragc1430

to make up1593

puppet1635

to set out1688

undress1818

overclothe1819

toilet1842

1818 La Belle Assemblée Feb. 75/1 She shrunk from the gaze on that display which mamma had undressed her in.

†3. To undo or disarrange (the hair). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > arrange > disarrange

undress1598

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scapigliare,..to vndresse or vntie ones head or haires.

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Bij^v The baulme~sweet breathing of the aire..diuides each haire, each plight vndresses.

1648 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple (ed. 2) 55 Thus he undresses His sacred unshorne Tresses.

4. To remove the dressing from (a wound).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > treat by topical applications [verb (transitive)] > dress a wound > remove dressing

undress1651

1651 W. Davenant Gondibert i. vi. xxxiv His hands the duke's worst-order'd wounds undress And gently binde.

Derivatives

rare.

unˈdresser n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun] > one who

undresser1611

disrober1654

nudifier1880

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > disordering > one who or that which

tumbler1580

undresser1611

upsetter1836

disrupter1881

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desapareilleur, an vndresser; a maker vnreadie; a disorderer.

1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 134 The fearfull Virgin's lead away;..And her undresse [r] s tell next morn, What she must rise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	undress
释义	undressn. Brit. /ˈʌndrɛs/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈdrɛs/, U.S. /ˈənˌdrɛs/, /ˌənˈdrɛs/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 6. 1. Partial or incomplete dress; dress of a kind not ordinarily worn in public; dishabille. Also (esp. of men), informal or ordinary dress, as distinct from that worn on ceremonial or special occasions. a. Of women.The common use during the 18th century. ΚΠ 1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice iv. 33 To day the Beauty Lyes ambush'd in undresses, the hair pin'd up in Papers. 1702 T. Brown Select Epist. Cicero 280 How he surpriz'd a famous Miss of the Town dining at her Lodgings in an undress. 1760 S. Fielding Ophelia I. viii. 48 The Night-Gowns, and common Undresses were grown familiar to me. 1767 London Gaz. No. 10716. 2/1 The Ladies to wear black Silk or Velvet... Undress, white or grey Lustrings [etc.]. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 240 Where she sat..adorned with all that Janet's art, and a rich and tasteful undress, could bestow. 1829 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VII. xxxi. 96 A neat undress, or dishabille, is much admired in England. b. Of men. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > negligent disarray1590 mob1665 dishabille1673 undress1683 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > informal wear undress1767 casual1941 1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 94 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I Here you are led into the private Lodgings of the Heroe; you see him in his undress. 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 413 He had ben on the bed, but was now risen, & in his Undresse. 1767 London Gaz. No. 10716. 2/1 The Men to continue in Black full trimmed;..Undress, light grey Frocks. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. vii. 118 Varney..had changed his splendid attire, and now waited on his patron in a very modest and plain undress. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ii. viii. 33 There are few more difficult persons to identify than a huntsman in undress. c. Military and Navy: Dress or uniform authorized to be worn on ordinary occasions, as distinguished from full or service dress. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > naval, military, etc. > types of regimentals1728 undress1748 regiments1759 regimental1764 dress uniform1774 kit1785 roast beef coat1802 butternut1810 frock-uniform1810 fatigue-dress1834 fatigue1836 fatigue-uniform1836 shirtsleeve order1854 grey1862 scarlet runnerc1864 square-rig1875 rig of the day1877 swagger-dress1901 trench coat1914 hospital blue1919 romper1922 suntan1937 battle-dress1938 army greens1945 mess kit1953 tiger suit1970 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xx. 167 To get into [Captain] Odonnell's apartment, while he was abroad in an undress, and examine his sword. 1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Chron. 194/1 Undress. Admiral's.—A blue cloth frock, with blue cuff and blue lappels. 1829 S. Haigh Sketches Buenos Ayres & Chile 123 The soldiers wore what I supposed was their undress; it consisted of a military cap, a poncho, and sandals of hide. 1849 C. J. Lever Confessions Con Cregan I. v. 44 A young officer, in a cavalry undress. 1857 Dress Regul. Army 28 Scarlet Undress..Blue Undress. 1879 Unif. Reg. in Navy List July (1882) 487/2 Trowsers, without lace.—As in undress. 2. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [noun] uncomeliness1542 unhandsomenessa1586 indecorum1598 unseemliness1598 inconcinnity1616 undress1684 inelegance1726 (a) 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 141 'Tis very useful..to look often upon such bare draughts as shew us nature in an undress. 1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes iv. i. 48 This Famine has a sharp and meager Face: 'Tis Death in an undress of Skin and Bone. 1736 A. Pope Imit. Cowley in Wks. III. 6 Where Lilies smile in virgin robes of white, The thin Undress of superficial Light. 1844 I. Williams Baptistery II. iv. 56 Such Basil's Pontic home..beautiful in nature's stern undress. (b)1797 Monthly Mag. 3 493/1 When we are able to attend the author in the sequestered scenes of life, and contemplate the undress of his mind.1825 Examiner 738/2 We now and then detected a little colloquial undress in the female dialogue.1886 W. Pater Appreciations (1890) 127 When he writes (still in undress) he does but take the ‘friendly reader’ into his confidence. 3. attributive. Constituting an undress; worn when in undress; spec. in Military and Navy use (see 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other smalleOE lightc1230 round1402 side-necked1430 wanton1489 Spanish1530 tucked1530 lustya1555 civil1582 open-breasted1598 full1601 everlasting1607 sheeten1611 nothinga1616 burly1651 pin-up1677 slouching1691 double-breasted1701 negligée1718 translated1727 uniform1746 undress1777 single-breasted1796 unworn1798 mamalone1799 costumic1801 safeguard1822 Tom and Jerry1830 lightweight1837 fancy dress1844 wrap-1845 hen-skin1846 Mary Stuart1846 well-cut1849 mousquetaire1851 empire1852 costumary1853 solid1859 spring weight1869 Henri II1870 western1881 hard-boiled1882 man-of-war1883 Henley1886 demi-season1890 Gretchen1890 toreador1892 crossover1893 French cut1896 drifty1897 boxy1898 Buster Brown1902 Romney1903 modistic1907 Peter Pan1908 classic1909 Fauntleroy1911 baby doll1912 flared1928 flare1929 tuck-in1929 unpressed1932 Edwardian1934 swingy1937 topless1937 wraparound1937 dressed-down1939 cover-up1942 Sun Yat-sen1942 utility1942 non-utility1948 sudsable1951 off-the-shoulder1953 peasant1953 flareless1954 A-line1955 matador1955 stretch1956 wash-and-wear1959 layered1962 Tom Jones1964 Carnaby Street1965 Action Man1966 Mao-style1967 wear-dated1968 thermal1970 bondage1980 swaggery1980 hoochie1990 mitumba1990 kinderwhore1994 1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain II. 231 You cannot dine, or visit after dinner, in an undress frock. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. vii. 217 The officers in their undress uniform. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 132 When Officers attend in Uniform as spectators at the Review,..they are not to appear in Blue Frock-Coats or Undress Jackets. 1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping (1899) 238 The Collector of Poggulpore's portly form, in very much undress garb. figurative.1806 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 135 The simple, idiomatic, undress, conversational tone of Lessing's blank verse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). undressv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈdrɛs/, U.S. /ˌənˈdrɛs/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1b. 1. a. reflexive. To divest (oneself) of clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)] stripa1225 spoila1382 unclothea1382 despoil1388 spoila1395 undighta1400 uncase1576 disrobe1581 unreadya1586 untire1597 devest1598 discasea1616 undressa1616 disvest1627 doff1697 tirr1787 unray1825 divest1848 undrape1869 unrind1872 shuck1897 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 114 Madam vndresse you, and come now to bed. View more context for this quotation 1674 J. Bryan Harvest-home iv. 29 T' undress themselves they all see cause, And call'd to come they seldome use to pause. 1712 Spectator No. 506. ⁋5 A French Woman offering to undress and dress herself before the Lover. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. l. 184 Undress thyself, thy aunt..is without a garment. 1853 Arab. Nights (Rtldg.) 149 She then undressed herself and went to bed. b. intransitive. To take off one's clothes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)] stripa1225 unbusk1596 uncase1598 disapparela1605 undressa1625 disarray1678 unrig1693 disrobe1716 peel1785 tirr1787 unattire1791 shuck1848 a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ee1^v/2 What are you mad to make me Dresse, and undresse,..Because you find me plyant? a1721 Prior Truth & Falsehood 25 Falsehood more leisurely undrest, And laying by Her tawdry vest, Trick'd her self out in Truth's array. c1755 in B. Ward Hist. St. Edmund's Coll. (1893) 302 It is always one of the Masters Business to be present while they are undressing. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 121 In cold weather, the bather undresses in the former. 1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 93 She lay down on the bed in her clothes, and for three hours refused to undress. †c. reflexive and intransitive. To change one's dress. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > changing clothing > change clothing [verb (intransitive)] changea1470 shift1608 undress1769 swap1904 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > changing clothing > change clothing [verb (reflexive)] changea1486 undress1769 1769 Lady M. Coke Jrnl. 15 June Being engaged to dine at the Imperial Ambassador's at Kensington I undressed and set out at four o'clock. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 145 If such a fine gentleman could condescend to undress himself, you might come..as a person who wanted hire. 2. a. transitive. To divest or strip (a person) of clothes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person to dight nakedc1200 stripa1225 unclothec1300 nakea1350 despoilc1386 spoilc1386 spoila1400 uncleada1400 undighta1400 unarray14.. disarrayc1425 disattire?1473 unray1485 uncover1530 tirr1553 disclothe1570 disvesture1570 uncoat1571 uncase1576 unapparel1577 disrobe1590 unrig1591 unbusk1596 unstrip1596 untire1597 devest1598 unparel1603 unshale1604 unvest1609 disapparel1610 flaya1616 undress1615 disinvest1619 disvest1627 despoil1632 blanch1675 unpack1765 ungarment1805 peel1820 divest1848 divesture1854 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 67 Women stand prepared to vndresse her. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. ix. 282 He caus'd him to be undress'd in his presence. 1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. ix. 453 She resisted being undressed, and was seized with an aguish shivering fit. 1838 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 206 The ayah undressed me as quickly as she could. 1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water ii We must undress the child at once and put him to bed. b. In figurative uses. ΚΠ 1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 88 in Purple Island Till I slumber, and death shall undresse me, Thus will I sing. 1668 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. Vanity (1685) 143 It is childish to quarrel at that hand which undresses us..only to lay us to sleep. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) Pref. p. i The present Writer hath chosen..to undress a filthy Libel not long since published. 1883 G. Moore Mod. Lover (1887) 75 He was conscious that Lord Seaton was undressing him with a look, and already knew that his clothes had come from Halet's. c. To strip of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > completely bestrip1065 stripa1225 shavec1399 barec1440 strip1594 shrig1601 undress1641 drain1660 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 61 The protestant religion..must undresse them of all their guilded vanities. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xvi. xvii. 246 Disrobe me of my Beauty, and unty My closest veins; undress me, of my skin. d. To dress scantily or lightly. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > other wear?c1225 wear?c1225 wear?a1366 hapc1390 to-ragc1430 to make up1593 puppet1635 to set out1688 undress1818 overclothe1819 toilet1842 1818 La Belle Assemblée Feb. 75/1 She shrunk from the gaze on that display which mamma had undressed her in. †3. To undo or disarrange (the hair). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > arrange > disarrange undress1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scapigliare,..to vndresse or vntie ones head or haires. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Bij^v The baulme~sweet breathing of the aire..diuides each haire, each plight vndresses. 1648 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple (ed. 2) 55 Thus he undresses His sacred unshorne Tresses. 4. To remove the dressing from (a wound). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > treat by topical applications [verb (transitive)] > dress a wound > remove dressing undress1651 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert i. vi. xxxiv His hands the duke's worst-order'd wounds undress And gently binde. Derivatives rare. unˈdresser n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun] > one who undresser1611 disrober1654 nudifier1880 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > disordering > one who or that which tumbler1580 undresser1611 upsetter1836 disrupter1881 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desapareilleur, an vndresser; a maker vnreadie; a disorderer. 1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 134 The fearfull Virgin's lead away;..And her undresse [r] s tell next morn, What she must rise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1683v.1598
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