Dictionary

nightdress en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnaɪt.dɹɛs/ (British, General-American, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈnaɪt.dɹes/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From night + dress.

Meanings

1. A nightgown; (usually female) attire designed to be worn to bed.
   • She was too modest to come downstairs dressed only in her nightdress.
   • The window of the room was open, and beside the window, all huddled up, lay the body of a man in his nightdress. 1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), chapter VII (Light in the Darkness), page 44:

Forms

Deriveds

nightdressed