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underdress

verb

Etymology

From under- + dress.

  1. derived from dīrēctus
  2. derived from *dīrēctiāre✻ — “to guide, direct”
  3. derived from dresser
  4. inherited from dressen
  5. prefixed as underdress — “under + dress”

Definitions

  1. To dress in insufficiently warm clothes.

  2. To dress in insufficiently formal clothes.

  3. Any dress (feminine-style garment) worn under another, especially under an overdress.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Any garment (any clothing) that is worn under another but is not underwear.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA