FORTNIGHT

fortnight, two weeks

(noun) a period of fourteen consecutive days; “most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fortnight (plural fortnights)

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A period of 2 weeks.

Source: Wiktionary


Fort"night` (; in U.S. often ; 277), n. Etym: [Contr. fr. fourteen nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also, seven nights, sennight, a week.]

Definition: The space of fourteen days; two weeks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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