US /ˈnaɪti/ UK /ˈnaɪti/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a woman's or child's nightgown (informal)

    She padded to the kitchen in her flannel nightie.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a woman's or child's... nightgownnightdressnegligeenightshirt
Word family
Related forms nightnightgownnightdress

Etymology

A 19th-century informal diminutive of nightgown or nightdress, from night + the familiar suffix -ie.

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