shirtdress

noun

shirt·​dress ˈshərt-ˌdres 

: a tailored dress patterned after a shirt and having buttons down the front

Examples of shirtdress in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, during the opening of her In Conversation Australia 2025 tour on December 4, the multi-hyphenate made a bold sartorial statement in a floor-length white cotton shirtdress with dramatic trumpet sleeves and a second miniskirt overlay that covered her stomach and her upper thighs. —Lara Walsh, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026

Among the most classic of office dresses, a button-down shirtdress, usually made from a stiff cotton, silk, or corduroy, is dressy without feeling overly fussy. —Kristina Rutkowski, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2026

For the minimalists among us, the chicest of shirtdresses are on offer, as well as racerback tanktops-turned-maxis. —Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026

Rampling’s character, meanwhile, makes the most of the couture tailoring in a burgundy shirtdress that was based on a YSL jumpsuit design. —Pat Saperstein, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shirtdress

• abbess
• abscess
• access
• address
• assess
• caress
• confess
• depress
• digress
• distress
• egress
• excess