undressingn.

Etymology: < undress v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdressing.

The action of taking off (one's own or another's) clothes.

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

stripping1398

unclothing1572

doffing1606

divesture1631

undressing1677

disrobement1747

disrobing1813

divestiture1820

peeling1832

divestment1854

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Hhh^v/1 The Undressing of one.

1741–3 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1749) 60 Our children were always put into a regular method of living,..as in dressing, undressing, changing their linen, etc.

1789 Gouv. Morris Diary 27 May So we have the whole performance of undressing and dressing except the shift.

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xi. 66 But next to dressing for a rout or ball, Undressing is a woe.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xiv. 265 The Queen-Countess's chamber; where a solemn undressing of that royal lady..took place.

attributive.1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. viii. 40 The Undressing-room.1862 E. Falkener Ephesus i. iv. 93 The large room at the back might be the apodyterium, or undressing-room.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	undressing
释义	undressingn. Etymology: < undress v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdressing. The action of taking off (one's own or another's) clothes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun] stripping1398 unclothing1572 doffing1606 divesture1631 undressing1677 disrobement1747 disrobing1813 divestiture1820 peeling1832 divestment1854 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Hhh^v/1 The Undressing of one. 1741–3 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1749) 60 Our children were always put into a regular method of living,..as in dressing, undressing, changing their linen, etc. 1789 Gouv. Morris Diary 27 May So we have the whole performance of undressing and dressing except the shift. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xi. 66 But next to dressing for a rout or ball, Undressing is a woe. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xiv. 265 The Queen-Countess's chamber; where a solemn undressing of that royal lady..took place. attributive.1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. viii. 40 The Undressing-room.1862 E. Falkener Ephesus i. iv. 93 The large room at the back might be the apodyterium, or undressing-room. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1677
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