- midniht
- f (-e/-) midnight; [gen/dat sing \midnihte; gen/dat pl \midnihta/\midnihtum]
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midniht
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Midnight — Mid night , n. [AS. midniht.] The middle of the night; twelve o clock at night. [1913 Webster] The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
midnight — midnightly, adj., adv. /mid nuyt /, n. 1. the middle of the night; twelve o clock at night. adj. 2. of or pertaining to midnight. 3. resembling midnight, as in darkness. 4. burn the midnight oil, to study or work far into the night: After months… … Universalium
Mitternacht — Sf std. (14. Jh.), mhd. mitt(e)naht, mitternaht Stammwort. Zusammengerückt aus ze mitter nacht, ahd. ze mitteru naht, also dem Adjektiv mitte (Mitte) und Nacht. Auch als Kompositum in anderer Form: mhd. mitnaht, ae. midniht, anord. miđnætti.… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
midnight — n. 1 the middle of the night; 12 o clock at night. 2 intense darkness. Phrases and idioms: midnight blue a very dark blue. midnight sun the sun visible at midnight during the summer in polar regions. Etymology: OE midniht (as MID(1), NIGHT) … Useful english dictionary
