tights

1 1.0

People wear a close-fitting piece of clothing from the waist to the feet under clothes or for dancing

noun
/taɪts/

: mallas

And I'm wearing these opaque tights and little shoes.

And I'm, you know, in fucking tights dancing with this beautiful girl.

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Examples

I just think these are so lovely with a pair of black tights and boots.
On cold days, I prefer to wear tights under my skirts for extra warmth.
Yes, I kept on the tights and shoes.
You can wear it with black tights, which is always a plus.
Yeah, this dress, I just thought with tights and boots, how cute.
I'm again wearing it with tights and black shoes on the way to work.
I wore black tights and black Mary Jane's.

Funny Or Die
And I wear a lot of black, like black tights, black skirts, black dresses.
You know it's advanced styling when the shoes and the tights are matching.
But I had Spanx and tights on under this bodysuit.

Synonyms

legging

vstights

20 1.8

A tight piece of clothing that covers the leg for exercise, comfort, or fashion

covers the whole lower body down to the feet

How Warm

woolies

6.9

legging

20 1.8

tights

1 1.0

hose

Archaic

20 9.9

nylons

1 2.3

Surface Forms

tights plural

Morphology

tights = tight + s (transparent) = tight + s

The meaning is directly derived from the adjective 'tight' (fitting closely) with a nominalizing/plural '-s' forming the garment name; learners who know 'tight' can predict 'tights'.

Etymology

Tights comes from the word tight, which means 'close-fitting' and is the same root as tighten. So tights are named because they fit closely to the legs and body, like the dance or sport clothes you wear for freedom of movement.