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Definition of In dishabille
1. Adjective. Partly dressed in a loose or careless manner.
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Dishabille
Literary usage of In dishabille
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family by Laure Junot Abrantès (1854)
"... engagement —Curious and touching scene—Panic terror at Malmaison—The inhabitants
in dishabille. t EVERY Wednesday there was a grand dinner at Malmaison, ..."
2. A Story of Life on the Isthmus by Joseph Warren Fabens (1853)
"... I. LIFE in dishabille. ¥E saw Chagres under peculiar circumstances. At the
time of our arrival there the California fever had reached its extreme height ..."
3. The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of by John Selby Watson (1861)
"WHETHER HE WAS THE AUTHOR OF "ELOISA in dishabille." HIS OWN REMARKS ON THE QUESTION.
... in Dishabille ..."
4. Memoirs of the Duchess D'Abrantès (Madame Junot) by Laure Junot Abrantès (1832)
"... veteran—Soldier recognised by the First Consul—Voluntary engagement—Curious
and touching scene—Panic terror at Malmaison—The inhabitants in dishabille. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1842)
"In one corner of a crowded room stood Mr Levy in dishabille. ... Levy in dishabille !
More I cannot say. In tho lowest depth, it was the deeper still —the ..."
6. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1845)
"But the inmates were all up, and although now and then a fair Senora might be
seen in dishabille, the whole household was generally engaged in the duties of ..."
7. Specimens of Newspaper Literature: With Personal Memoirs, Anecdotes, and by Joseph Tinker Buckingham (1852)
"The numbers of " Common Sense in Dishabille" were re-published in many of the
... The following is the first number : — COMMON SENSE in dishabille. NO. ..."
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