Underdress

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any dress (feminine-style garment) worn under another, especially under an overdress. countable
  2. 2
    Any garment (any clothing) that is worn under another but is not underwear. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To dress in insufficiently warm clothes. intransitive, transitive
  2. 2
    dress informally and casually wordnet
  3. 3
    To dress in insufficiently formal clothes. intransitive, transitive
  4. 4
    dress without sufficient warmth wordnet

Synonyms

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dress downdress down

Example

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"He attempted his door; it was locked on the outside; and his perplexity and anxiety became extreme, when suddenly the lock was turned, and in an underdress, hastily assumed in the moment of alarm, her hair streaming on her shoulders, her eyes gleaming betwixt fear and resolution, Alice Bridgenorth rushed into his apartment, and seized his hand with the fervent exclamation, “Julian, save my father!”"

Etymology

From under- + dress.

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