From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnegligeeneg‧li‧gee /ˈneɡləʒeɪ $ ˌneɡləˈʒeɪ/ noun [countable] DCCa very thin, pretty coat, worn over a nightdress
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negligee• She pulled the grubby negligee around her bony body and opened the door, a wide professional smile on her face.• John Walker was not the only young man whom Margarett visited in her negligee.• Sylvie, in one of her negligees, smacking her hard.• But that red negligee kept returning to my thoughts.• And so did the other half-dozen men in suits standing around, fingering the silky negligees.• She even broke into his home and, dressed in a see-though negligee, waited for him.• You see her coming down a great staircase in your house, dressed in a velvet negligee.Origin negligee (1700-1800) French négligé, past participle of négliger, from Latin negligere; → NEGLECT1 