bathrobed

adjective

bath·​robed ˈbath-ˌrōbd 

ˈbäth-

: wearing a bathrobe

What he saw from the window of his own room was merely the wall of another wing of the hospital, with … thoughtful bathrobed figures gazing outward toward the wall of which his own bathrobed figure was a part.

—John Updike, Trust Me, 1987

The spa—where bathrobed elite lounge among pink marble pillars …

—John Kessler, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11 Sept. 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

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