nightie
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaɪti/
- Rhymes: -aɪti
Noun
nightie (plural nighties)
- (informal) A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.
- I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie.
- 2023 March 28, Philip Oltermann, “Michel Houellebecq sex film to be released despite attempt to stop it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
sleeping garment worn by women — see nightgown
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