nightie.
A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.
Meaning & usage
A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.
I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie.
Where this word comes from
From night + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Alternative form of nighty (“good night”).
Where this word comes from
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).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.