adj
Meaning 1
Dark; clouded.
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Standard Lemma guide
nighted
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adj
Meaning 2
Overtaken by night; belated.
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verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of night
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
overtaken by night or darkness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: benighted
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History
Etymology
From night (“noun sense”) + -ed.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókwts Proto-Germanic *nahts Proto-West Germanic *naht Proto-West Germanic *nahti Old English niht Middle English nyght English night English -ed English nighted From night (“verb sense”) + -ed.