单词 | forenight |
释义 | forenightn.ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > previous or yesterday night yesternighta1522 forenight1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 42 I that in forenight was with no weapon agasted,..Now shiuer at shaddows. 2. Scottish. The evening, the interval between twilight and bed-time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] evenOE eventideOE eveningOE eventimeOE evea1250 evetimec1300 even whilea1375 evetidea1382 supper timec1390 supper whilea1425 forenight1513 evening-tide1521 supperwardc1563 after-supperc1596 Vesperugo1600 vesper1613 far-day1650 eveg1675 evg1777 dew-falla1822 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vi. 63 Serranus That all the fornycht in ryot..had spendit. 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 299 We kent nae but it was drunken fowk riding to the fair, i' the fore night. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xvi. 139 There were long forenights to favour the plot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > as lemmasfore-night fore-night n. Brit. /ˈfɔːnʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˈfɔrˌnaɪt/ Π 1808–79 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Forenicht, the interval between twilight and bed-time. < n.1513 as lemmas |
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