Complete Definition of "dishabille"

English

Noun
dishabille
#Extreme casual or disorderly dress, shirt tail out, sleeves unbuttoned, etc.
Quotations
:""A little after 3:15 oâ��clock yesterday afternoon a stream of people, hatless, coatless, some in an even worse state of dishabille rushed down the stairs or to the elevators of every one of the downtown buildings and onto the streets, their faces showing every sign of terror." — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 1, 1891
1919, w:Ronald Firbank|Ronald Firbank, w:Valmouth|Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 44

See also
deshabille
habiliment

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