Associations to the word «Negligee»

Wiktionary

NÉGLIGÉE, noun. (obsolete) A light women's gown.
NÉGLIGÉE, noun. A loose women's dressing-gown, especially when lacy or revealing; a nightgown.
NEGLIGÉE, noun. Alternative form of négligée
NEGLIGEE, noun. Alternative form of négligée

Dictionary definition

NEGLIGEE, noun. A loose dressing gown for women.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats