Négligée

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈnɛɡlɪʒeɪ/

Alternative forms

• negligee
• negligée

Origin

From French négligé ("underdressed; loose garment"), past participle of négliger ("to neglect"), from Latin negligere.

Full definition of négligée

Noun

1. (obsolete) A light women's gown.
2. A loose women's dressing-gown, especially when lacy or revealing; a nightgown.
• 2000, The Guardian, 4 July 2000:Enkhbayar has promised more jobs, free education and higher public service wages to the poverty-ravaged country. But who needs those when you've got dancing girls in black negligees?