† a nighttimesadv.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, night-time n., -s suffix¹; a prep.¹, night-time n.

Etymology: Either < a prep.¹ + night-time n. + -s suffix¹, or < a prep.¹ + the plural of night-time n. Compare earlier a-night adv. and later night-times adv., and also earlier nights adv.

Obsolete. rare.

At night; during the night. Cf. a-night adv.Apparently only recorded in the translations of Arthur Golding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [adverb]

nightseOE

on nightOE

in (also of, on, upon) the nightOE

by nightlOE

on (also in) nightslOE

a-nightc1175

a-nightsc1175

at nightc1300

within nightc1400

a-nightertime?a1439

a nighttimes1567

at nights1581

nightly1597

benight1642

nocturnally1812

night-times1851

nitely1970

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 77^v Wiues of Thrace were wont to celebrate The three yeare rites of Bacchus which were done a nighttimes late.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie vii. 40/1 A nighttimes he appeared to them as in a pillar of fyre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	a nighttimes
释义	† a nighttimesadv. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, night-time n., -s suffix¹; a prep.¹, night-time n. Etymology: Either < a prep.¹ + night-time n. + -s suffix¹, or < a prep.¹ + the plural of night-time n. Compare earlier a-night adv. and later night-times adv., and also earlier nights adv. Obsolete. rare. At night; during the night. Cf. a-night adv.Apparently only recorded in the translations of Arthur Golding. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [adverb] nightseOE on nightOE in (also of, on, upon) the nightOE by nightlOE on (also in) nightslOE a-nightc1175 a-nightsc1175 at nightc1300 within nightc1400 a-nightertime?a1439 a nighttimes1567 at nights1581 nightly1597 benight1642 nocturnally1812 night-times1851 nitely1970 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 77^v Wiues of Thrace were wont to celebrate The three yeare rites of Bacchus which were done a nighttimes late. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie vii. 40/1 A nighttimes he appeared to them as in a pillar of fyre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adv.1567
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