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MIDNIGHT
midnight
(noun) 12 o’clock at night; the middle of the night; “young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
midnight (countable and uncountable, plural midnights)
The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
12 o'clock at night exactly.
• Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman
Synonyms
• (12 o'clock at night): 12 am; 00:00, 12 a.m. (sometimes proscribed), 12 midnight; see also midnight
Antonyms
• noon, midday
Adjective
midnight (not comparable)
(poetic) Utterly dark or black.
Source: Wiktionary
Mid"night`, n. Etym: [AS. midniht.]
Definition: The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night. The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Shak.
Mid"night`, a.
Definition: Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom. "Midnight shout and revelry." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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