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nighty

nighty is the alternative spelling of nightie.

Meaning of nightie

Noun

nightie (plural nighties)

  1. (informal) A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.
    • I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie.

Phrase

nighty

  1. (childish) Good night; abbreviation of nighty night.

Forms of nighty

Noun
pluralnighties
Phrase
alternative formnightie

Origin of nighty

From night + -y (diminutive suffix).

From night + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms).

Phrases with nighty

Questions about nighty

What does nighty mean?
Nighty means good night; abbreviation of nighty night.
What is nighty the alternative spelling of?
Nighty is the alternative spelling of nightie.
What part of speech is nighty?
Nighty is a phrase.

Words near nighty in the dictionary

  1. nightwear
  2. nightwears
  3. nightwork
  4. nightworker
  5. nightworkers
  6. nighty
  7. nighty night
  8. nighty-night
  9. nighwhat
  10. Nighy
  11. Nighys

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nighty (page history and authors); nightie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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