dishabille

[ dis-uh-beel, -bee ]

/ ˌdɪs əˈbil, -ˈbi /

the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.

a garment worn in undress.

a loose morning dress.

a disorderly or disorganized state of mind or way of thinking.

Also des·habille.

Origin of dishabille

1665–75; < French déshabillé, noun use of past participle of déshabiller to undress, equivalent to dés- dis-¹ + habiller to dress; see habiliment

We found her in a dishabille, intending to go to Hampton Court to-morrow.

Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete |Samuel Pepys
Led by Victor Vassilyevski a dozen men, guests and servants, in various stages of dishabille, streamed into the room.

Red Masquerade |Louis Joseph Vance
She would not see him in a dishabille for the world—What can she mean by it?

Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) |Samuel Richardson
Mrs. Chedsoye was just as beautiful in dishabille as in a ball-gown.

The Carpet from Bagdad |Harold MacGrath

Then, when he saw us, he tried to back himself and his dishabille out into the obscurity of the library.

When a Man Marries |Mary Roberts Rinehart

dishabille

/ (ˌdɪsæˈbiːl) /

a variant of deshabille