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Definition of Negligee
1. Noun. A loose dressing gown for women.
Specialized synonyms: Brunch Coat, Camisole
Generic synonyms: Woman's Clothing
Derivative terms: Wrap
Definition of Negligee
1. n. An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of easy robe or dressing gown worn by women.
Definition of Negligee
1. Noun. An item of women's nightwear, in the form of a lacy nightgown. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A light women's gown. ¹
3. Noun. A loose women's dressing-gown, especially when lacy or revealing; a nightgown. ¹
4. Noun. A form of women's clothing intended for wear at night or in the bedroom. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Negligee
1. a woman's dressing gown [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Negligee
Literary usage of Negligee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Old Régime: Court, Salons and Theatres by Elliot Jackson, Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1896)
"Une negligee. — Louis XV. — The Financier's Wife. — A Fashionable Financier.
— The Vicomte and Vicomtesse de F — — John Law. — La Banque du Roi. ..."
2. Saunterings in and about London by Max Schlesinger (1853)
"THE METROPOLIS " EN negligee." — THE POST-OFFICE. — THE MODERN LETTER-WRITER.
— MONEY ORDERS. — PENNY STAMPS, THEIR USE AND ABUSE. ..."
3. Sketches from Nature: Taken, and Coloured, in a Journey to Margate by George Keate (1790)
"... a beautiful chintz negligee, tied up with green ribband, and a hat decorated
with ribband of the fame colour.—As I fat down by her, fhe af- fumed a ..."
4. Secret Memoirs: The Court of Royal Saxony, 1891-1902. The Story of Louise by Henry William Fischer (1912)
"... permit for nursing—Royal negligee talk—A Saxon failing. CASTLE WACHWITZ,
February,. I did my duty towards the Saxons. I gave them a Prince. ..."
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