nightie
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪti/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English night English -ie English nightie From night + -ie (diminutive suffix).
- A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.
“I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie.”
“The clip shows the 67-year-old enfant terrible of French letters in pyjamas lying on a bed next to a woman in a nightie, smoking and laughing.”
phrase
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Germanic *nahts Proto-West Germanic *naht Proto-West Germanic *nahti Old English niht Middle English nyght English night Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y ▲ Scots -ieinflu. English -ie English nightie From night + -ie (suffix forming colloquialisms).
- Alternative form of nighty (“good night”).