onesie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various one-piece attires
  2. Any of various one-piece attires:
  3. A one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.
  4. A one-piece adult loungewear jumpsuit.
  5. A one-piece fashionable streetwear worn mostly by teenagers.

Pronunciation

/ˈwʌn.zi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-onesie.wav

Word forms

onesie onesies

Etymology

From the Gerber Childrenswear brand name Onesies. The name became generic and was reinterpreted as a plural, hence the new singular and decapitalized onesie. Equivalent to one + -sie.

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