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Lingerie

//ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹeɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    women's underwear and nightclothes wordnet
  3. 3
    Linen goods collectively. dated, uncountable, usually

    "Empire matinees in lingerie stuffs with trimmings of lace and embroidery are shown in great variety."

Etymology

Borrowed from French lingerie (“linen closet”). The irregular pronunciation is a hyperforeignism; it may derive from the frequent shift of /ɛ̃/ (which is this word's first vowel in standard French) toward /ɑ̃/ or [æ̃] in European French, which also tends to be drifted towards /ɔ̃/.

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