- a variation of nightie.
nighty
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
He kicked with demonic glee under my hideously ruffled maternity nighty as I masqueraded in the synthetic approximation of Mia Farrow’s pixie cut.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2015
But last May, when the House of Commons preferred the nighty brilliance of Mr. Churchill to the dignified ineffectuality of Neville Chamberlain, it acquiesced in a revolution in British politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
First concrete objective is some new standard of international exchange to stabilize nighty currencies.
From Time Magazine Archive
So we had all to attend to the luggage, and were only allowed a teeny hand bag each, with a nighty and comb and brush in it.
From Elizabeth Visits America by Glyn, Elinor
Auntie, I think if I ever really love it will be like Mary Queen of Scots, who said of her Bothwell that she could follow him round the world in her nighty.
From What Every Woman Knows by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Cardigans and some of Martha's nighties are actually my gran's old stuff.
From Salon ● May 16, 2024
Neither are they innocent victims in white nighties.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
As the name suggests, nighties, sometimes also called maxis here, are loose, shapeless garments which were originally meant to be sleep wear.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2018
When you want to go from ripped tights, nighties and smudged lipstick to something more suitable for the red carpet, Versace is the label.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2017
He knelt and gave the nighties to his dog to sniff.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
