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nightgown

[ nahyt-goun ]

/ ˈnaɪtˌgaʊn /

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noun

a loose gown, worn in bed by women or children.

Archaic. a dressing gown.

Origin of nightgown

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at night, gown

Words nearby nightgown

nightclothes, nightclub, nightdress, nightfall, nightglow, nightgown, nighthawk, nightie, nightingale, nightingale ward, nightingale, florence

Example sentences from the Web for nightgown

“It changed everything that night,” she says, wearing only a nightgown and untying her hair.

What the New ‘Endless Love’s Fireplace Sex Scene Is Missing |Sujay Kumar |February 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They knew, or had reason to assume, that the body was moved to the guest bed and reclothed in the nightgown.

The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis |Richard Ben Cramer |January 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
My eyes were woozy as I woke up, and I saw these spindly, veiny legs in slippers and a nightgown.

Bruce Dern’s Long, Strange Trip to Leading Man in Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ |Marlow Stern |November 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
They wouldn't let me dress so I just put a coat over my nightgown as it was raining.

Prominent Palestinian-American Community Activist Arrested |Anna Lekas Miller |November 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Spielberg places his character in a nightgown, lying in what appears to be fetal position.

What’s True and False in “Lincoln” Movie |Harold Holzer |November 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
All you need is a staircase, a nightgown and a daub of red paint.

Polly's First Year at Boarding School |Dorothy Whitehill
Eventually, the news leaked out and the chief topic was that the young lady took no baggage, not even a nightgown, in her flight.

A Portrait of Old George Town |Grace Dunlop Ecker
She jumped out of bed and, humming a popular tune, danced a waltz for them in her nightgown.

Comrade Yetta |Albert Edwards
Here's a woman who came in in a nightgown and pair of slippers.

K |Mary Roberts Rinehart
She was out of the room in her nightgown, pattering in bare feet over the floor.

Carolyn of the Corners |Ruth Belmore Endicott

British Dictionary definitions for nightgown

nightgown

/ (ˈnaɪtˌɡaʊn) /

noun

another name for nightdress

a man's nightshirt