mufti

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The Word of the Day for April 26 is: 

mufti   \MUFF-tee\   noun
     : ordinary dress as distinguished from that denoting an occupation or 
station; especially : civilian clothes when worn by a person in the armed forces

Example sentence: 
      Maureen's family is thankful to have her at home, dressed comfortably in 
mufti, after a six-month tour of duty overseas.

Did you know?
      In the Islamic tradition, a mufti is a professional jurist who interprets 
Muslim law. When religious muftis were portrayed on the English stage in the 
early 19th century, they typically wore costumes that included a dressing gown 
and a tasseled smoking cap, an outfit that some felt resembled the clothing 
preferred by the off-duty military officers of the day. The clothing sense of 
"mufti," which first appeared in English around that same time, is thought to 
have developed out of this association of stage costume and civilian clothing.