Synonyms for negligee
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : neg-li-zhey, neg-li-zhey |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɛg lɪˈʒeɪ, ˈnɛg lɪˌʒeɪ |
Définition of negligee
Origin :- 1756, "a kind of loose gown worn by women," from French négligée, noun use of fem. past participle of négligier "to neglect" (14c.), from Latin neglegere "to disregard, not heed, not trouble oneself about," also "to make light of" (see neglect (v.)). So called in comparison to the elaborate costume of a fully dressed woman of the period. Borrowed again, 1835; the modern sense "semi-transparent, flimsy, lacy dressing gown" is yet another revival, first recorded 1930. It also was used in the U.S. funeral industry mid-20c. for "shroud of a corpse."
- noun nightgown
- Marjorie arose with her customary energy and reached for her negligee.
- Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester
- Or rather, in a negligee costume, for I had taken off my evening gown and wore a tea-gown.
- Extract from : « The Gold Bag » by Carolyn Wells
- Dudley's negligee shirt was open over his chest which was beaded with sweat.
- Extract from : « Narcissus » by Evelyn Scott
- She was pulling at the long broad blue ribbons of her negligee.
- Extract from : « The Great God Success » by John Graham (David Graham Phillips)
- She already was undressed—had on the negligee she's wearing now.
- Extract from : « The Time Mirror » by Clark South
- The Phelan shoulders and embonpoint, still in negligee, followed.
- Extract from : « Officer 666 » by Barton W. Currie
- There was no more of the Sort, or you should have had enough for a Negligee or Suit.
- Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) » by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
- The more I thought about it, the worser I felt, laying there in retrospect and negligee.
- Extract from : « Believe You Me! » by Nina Wilcox Putnam
- Men will find flannel or negligee shirts the most comfortable.
- Extract from : « Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity » by Galen Clark
- Discarding the walking suit she was wearing, she slipped into a negligee gown and seated herself before the glass.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
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