onesie

English

Baby wearing a onesie.

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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwʌn.zi/
  • Hyphenation: one‧sie

Noun

onesie (plural onesies)

  1. Name given to a number of one-piece attires
    1. (US) A one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.
    2. One-piece adult loungewear jumpsuit.
    3. One-piece fashionable streetwear worn mostly by teenagers.

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References

  1. onesie”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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