adj
Meaning 1
Utterly dark or black.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, poetic
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adj
Utterly dark or black.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, poetic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: noon, midday
noun
Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: dice, games
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Synonyms: boxcars
Antonyms: none provided
noun
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hour, time of day
History
From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”).
Across languages
331 source translations are retained for this English entry.