SENNIGHT

Etymology

Noun

sennight (plural sennights)

(archaic) A period of seven nights; a week.

Synonyms

• (seven nights): week

Adverb

sennight (not comparable)

(archaic) After a sennight has passed.

(archaic) A sennight ago.

Anagrams

• nightens

Source: Wiktionary


Sen"night, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. sevennight.]

Definition: The space of seven nights and days; a week. [Written also se'nnight.] [Archaic.] Shak. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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