bedwear

English

Etymology

From bed +‎ -wear.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bedwear (uncountable)

1. Clothing to be worn in bed.
   • 1983, Molly Keane, Good Behaviour:

     In the schoolroom she would sit alone in a loving glow as frail clouds of wool grew through her clever fingers into wraps and misty bedwear for Lady Grizel's birthday or Christmas presents.

   • 2008, Ken Follett, Eye of the Needle:

     Better to be thought chronically shy than to have landladies with duplicate keys sneaking in at night in their bedwear.

   • 2011, Calvin J. Boal, Last Run of the Whisperer, page 331:

     She appeared to be wearing a laced white nightgown as the hour of the evening was growing late, with an overcoat over to hide her bedwear.

Synonyms

• nightwear
• sleepwear

Anagrams

• bewared