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nightish

adj

Etymology

From Middle English nyghtyssh, equivalent to night + -ish.

  1. inherited from nyghtyssh

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to night

    Of or pertaining to night; nocturnal.

    • c. 1565-1570, George Turberville, A Lover's Vow When hawks shall dread the silly fowl, / And men esteem the nightish owl
    • Star light's nights twinkling. Moonlight is nightish, Sun makes day: […]
    • Nightish folk working their sleepingcity functions in the bright squares of office windows. People untouched by day, smugly snug. You wonder at this darker world of theirs. You grow querulous and bewildered.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA