noun
- the state of being only partly clothed or casually dressed
Usage: formal; from French
Examples
- She answered the door in deshabille, wearing only a robe.
- The artist painted the model in a state of deshabille.
- He was caught in deshabille when the unexpected guests arrived.
- The photograph showed her in elegant deshabille.
- The morning scene depicted the family in comfortable deshabille.
- She felt embarrassed to be seen in such deshabille.