Meanings
plural nightdresses · alternative archaic night-dress
- A nightgown; (usually female) attire designed to be worn to bed.
She was too modest to come downstairs dressed only in her nightdress.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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