Pyjamas

Origin

Full definition of pyjamas

Noun

1. (chiefly British spelling) Form of Standard form (clothes for sleeping in).
• 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, pyjamas%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qarxT66JA-y4iAfRmuSbDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pyjamas%22%20-intitle%3A%22pajamas|pyjamas%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 231,The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas.
• 2007, Ann Brashares, Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue, pyjamas%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qarxT66JA-y4iAfRmuSbDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pyjamas%22%20-intitle%3A%22pajamas|pyjamas%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 178,She wasn′t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.
2. (chiefly British spelling) Form of Standard form (loose trousers worn by men and women in the Far East).
• 2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, pyjamas%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qarxT66JA-y4iAfRmuSbDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pyjamas%22%20-intitle%3A%22pajamas|pyjamas%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 34,They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.----