nightie

or night·y

[ nahy-tee ]
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noun,plural night·ies.Informal.

Origin of nightie

1
First recorded in 1890–95; night(gown) + -ie

Words Nearby nightie

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How to use nightie in a sentence

  • In the movie’s most unintentionally comical scene, she flops around on a feather bed, clutching at her nightie as she gets fired up by one of Christian’s faked letters.

    Peter Dinklage Fronts a New Cyrano, With Mixed Results | Stephanie Zacharek | February 24, 2022 | Time
  • "Goodness, I hope I don't have to get out in my nightie," she said, and poked her head out through the curtains.

  • She was in her thin nightie, with her wonderful braids of red hair streaming down her back.

    Bumper, The White Rabbit | George Ethelbert Walsh
  • Soon's we get him unwrapped an' laid out in his nightie, out go the lights and you get back in the corner.

    The Blind Lion of the Congo | Elliott Whitney
  • Marianne had sat down at her work basket and Marietje, out of sheer boredom, also took up a "nightie."

    The Twilight of the Souls | Louis Couperus
  • Well just embellish that nightie with a few nice pictures and tack it up on Miss Woodruffs doorthe girls will love it.

    Girls of Highland Hall | Carolyn Watson Rankin

British Dictionary definitions for nightie

nightie

nighty

/ (ˈnaɪtɪ) /


nounplural nighties
  1. informal short for nightdress

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