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Synonyms for peignoir

Grammar : Noun
Spell : peyn-wahr, pen-, peyn-wahr, pen-
Phonetic Transcription : peɪnˈwɑr, pɛn-, ˈpeɪn wɑr, ˈpɛn-

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Définition of peignoir

Origin :
  • "lady's loose robe," 1835, from French peignoir, from Middle French peignouoir "garment worn over the shoulders while combing the hair" (16c.), from peigner "to comb the hair," from Latin pectinare, from pecten (genitive pectinis) "a comb," related to pectere "to comb" (see fight (v.)). A gown put on while coming from the bath; misapplied in English to a woman's morning gown.
  • As in negligee : noun nightgown
  • As in robe : noun gown, often for wearing at home
  • As in bathrobe : noun robe
Example sentences :
  • So I had to put on her peignoir, and tidy her up, and arrange her hair just as I have done.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • Her peignoir of beige, embroidered with red silk, was evidently of Parisian manufacture.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Besides, the peignoir weighs nothing; a feather, a puff of vapour.
  • Extract from : « Rita » by Laura E. Richards
  • Yes, but you will not care to go to the dining-room in your peignoir?
  • Extract from : « The Son of Monte Christo » by Jules Lermina
  • Ma'ame Plagie had been sitting beside the bed in her peignoir and slippers.
  • Extract from : « Bayou Folk » by Kate Chopin
  • Then she scrambled into some clothes and a peignoir, and went straight to his bedside.
  • Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan
  • Had I a palette I could match the blue of the peignoir with the faint grey sky.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of My Dead Life » by George Moore
  • In response to his confusing summons, she stumbled to her peignoir and slipped it on.
  • Extract from : « The Price of Love » by Arnold Bennett
  • Perhaps the most striking portion of the scenery was Helen's peignoir.
  • Extract from : « Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) » by Arnold Bennett
  • So she put on her slippers and peignoir and stole down-stairs.
  • Extract from : « The Voice in the Fog » by Harold MacGrath
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