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lingerie

[ lahn-zhuh-rey, lan-zhuh-ree, -juh-; French lanzhuh-ree ]

noun

  1. underwear, sleepwear, and other items of intimate apparel worn by women.
  2. Archaic. linen goods in general.


adjective

  1. having the qualities of lingerie; lacy or frilly.

lingerie

/ ˈæəɪ /

noun

  1. women's underwear and nightwear
  2. archaic.
    linen goods collectively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lingerie1

First recorded in 1825–35; from French, from Middle French linge “linen” (from Latin īԱܲ “f”; line 1 ) + -erie -ery
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lingerie1

C19: from French, from linge, from Latin īԱܲ linen, from īԳܳ flax
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“I saw in the window that him and this girl were — they were either naked or she was in lingerie, something like that,” she said.

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One of the owners of Trashy Lingerie, a Los Angeles lingerie and costume boutique, allegedly shot and killed his brother in order to save their mother.

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Other than that, the actual spy games are merely a bit of lingerie tarting up a story about trust.

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Eleven of us — all women dressed in lingerie, silk robes and other sheer or flowy clothing — are dancing, freeform, in a circle.

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Days after Dominique Pelicot's crimes came to light, his daughter Caroline Darian was summoned to the police station and shown photos of an apparently unconscious woman dressed in unfamiliar lingerie.

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