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nightie en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From night + -ie (diminutive suffix).

Meanings

  1. (informal) A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.
    • 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. 2023 March 28, Philip Oltermann, “Michel Houellebecq sex film to be released despite attempt to stop it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
nighties Number=Plur lexicographic
nighty alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

off like a bride's nightie

Relateds

lingerie · negligee

nightie en · X · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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 Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English nightie From night + -ie (suffix forming colloquialisms).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of nighty (“good night”).
    alt of nighty