nightshirt

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noun

A shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed.

“He wore a blue striped nightshirt and bedroom slippers.”

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Meanings

nounnightshirt (plural nightshirts)

plural nightshirts

  1. A shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed.

    He wore a blue striped nightshirt and bedroom slippers.

Origin

From night + shirt.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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