loungewear

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noun

Loose clothing in which one can lounge.

OriginEnglish wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian →
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Meanings

nounloungewear (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLoose clothing in which one can lounge.

    “I love that loungewear has become a prevailing new category,” said Barbara Lippert, 65, a writer. “During the worst part of the pandemic even jeans seemed like an overreach, requiring that complex button and zipper action. And cardigans were too much work.”

    2022 April 12, Rhonda Garelick, “Am I Done Suffering for Fashion?”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishlounge
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  4. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  6. Old Englishwerian
  7. Middle Englishweren
  8. Englishwear
  9. Englishloungewear

From lounge + -wear.

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APA

loungewear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loungewear

MLA

“loungewear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loungewear. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loungewear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loungewear.

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