nightedadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪdᵻd/

Forms: see night v. and -ed suffix¹; also 1700s 'nighted.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: night v., -ed suffix¹, night n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: In sense 1 < night v. + -ed suffix¹. In other senses < night n. + -ed suffix².

1. Overtaken by night or by darkness; enveloped in darkness. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > enveloped in dark of night > overtaken by night

nighted1593

benighted1810

1593 A. Chute Shore's Wife in Beawtie Dishonoured 37 So now, eternall night, now desolation, Deuining horror to the nighted land: Insues to all by sodaine alteration, That of a tyrant ill suspected stand.

1639 H. Glapthorne Trag. Albertus Wallenstein iii. iii. sig. Fi Like those fire rakes, Mis-guiding nighted travellers.

1673 H. N. Payne Fatal Jealousie iii. 36 Like Nighted Travellers we lose our way; Then every Ignis Fatuus makes us stray.

1731 S. Boyse To Same in Transl. & Poems 90 So in some desert unfrequented Wild, The 'nighted Traveller lies in Sleep beguil'd.

1765 E. Thompson Meretriciad 39 So have I seen a brilliant Star retire, And leave the nighted lover in the mire.

1819 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 88 Upon the nighted pilgrim's way.

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid v, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 67 His reeling ship,..himself e'en steered her in the nighted waves.

1894 R. Reid Poems 64 Some nichtit traveller, storm-sted.

1954 N. Marsh Spinsters in Jeopardy Prol. 13 Mr. Oberon looked across the nighted Mediterranean.

1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets i. ii. 23 Perhaps instead it was his footfall she had heard as he came looking for her through those rooms that were nighted now, and echoing.

2. Dark or black as night. Frequently figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > darkened

darked?c1425

forderked1513

darkened1565

nighted1604

bedarkened1655

endarkened1744

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 68 Good Hamlet cast thy nighted [1623 nightly] colour off.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xix. 13 [Edmund] I thinke is gone In pitie of his misery to dispatch his nighted life.

1823 T. Doubleday Ital. Wife i. iii. 17 What writhings of the mind, what hot remorse, What cold despair, what nighted destitution, Were bad enough for thee?

1850 G. H. Boker Anne Boleyn iii. ii. 79 As if in mockery of my sullen wo, To show how cheerless is my nighted soul.

1923 H. P. Lovecraft Dagon & Other Macabre Tales (1965) 192 After more aeons of descent I saw some side passages or burrows leading from unknown recesses of blackness to this shaft of nighted mystery.

1962 M. Cowry Sel. Poems 39 Our ideal life contains a tavern Where man may sit and talk or just think, All without fear of the nighted wyvern.

†3. Of or belonging to the night; occurring at night. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

nightlyeOE

nightyc1475

nocturnal1485

noxiala1500

nightish1530

nocturn?1530

nighterly1559

owlish1596

night-tripping1598

epinyctal1600

nighted?1606

nightern1615

noctual1632

nocturnous1727

overnight1870

nitely1970

?1606 M. Drayton Man in Moone in Poemes sig. H Now the goodly moon Was in the full, and at her nighted noon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nighted
释义	nightedadj. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈnaɪdᵻd/ Forms: see night v. and -ed suffix¹; also 1700s 'nighted. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: night v., -ed suffix¹, night n., -ed suffix². Etymology: In sense 1 < night v. + -ed suffix¹. In other senses < night n. + -ed suffix². 1. Overtaken by night or by darkness; enveloped in darkness. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > enveloped in dark of night > overtaken by night nighted1593 benighted1810 1593 A. Chute Shore's Wife in Beawtie Dishonoured 37 So now, eternall night, now desolation, Deuining horror to the nighted land: Insues to all by sodaine alteration, That of a tyrant ill suspected stand. 1639 H. Glapthorne Trag. Albertus Wallenstein iii. iii. sig. Fi Like those fire rakes, Mis-guiding nighted travellers. 1673 H. N. Payne Fatal Jealousie iii. 36 Like Nighted Travellers we lose our way; Then every Ignis Fatuus makes us stray. 1731 S. Boyse To Same in Transl. & Poems 90 So in some desert unfrequented Wild, The 'nighted Traveller lies in Sleep beguil'd. 1765 E. Thompson Meretriciad 39 So have I seen a brilliant Star retire, And leave the nighted lover in the mire. 1819 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 88 Upon the nighted pilgrim's way. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid v, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 67 His reeling ship,..himself e'en steered her in the nighted waves. 1894 R. Reid Poems 64 Some nichtit traveller, storm-sted. 1954 N. Marsh Spinsters in Jeopardy Prol. 13 Mr. Oberon looked across the nighted Mediterranean. 1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets i. ii. 23 Perhaps instead it was his footfall she had heard as he came looking for her through those rooms that were nighted now, and echoing. 2. Dark or black as night. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > darkened darked?c1425 forderked1513 darkened1565 nighted1604 bedarkened1655 endarkened1744 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 68 Good Hamlet cast thy nighted [1623 nightly] colour off. View more context for this quotation 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xix. 13 [Edmund] I thinke is gone In pitie of his misery to dispatch his nighted life. View more context for this quotation 1823 T. Doubleday Ital. Wife i. iii. 17 What writhings of the mind, what hot remorse, What cold despair, what nighted destitution, Were bad enough for thee? 1850 G. H. Boker Anne Boleyn iii. ii. 79 As if in mockery of my sullen wo, To show how cheerless is my nighted soul. 1923 H. P. Lovecraft Dagon & Other Macabre Tales (1965) 192 After more aeons of descent I saw some side passages or burrows leading from unknown recesses of blackness to this shaft of nighted mystery. 1962 M. Cowry Sel. Poems 39 Our ideal life contains a tavern Where man may sit and talk or just think, All without fear of the nighted wyvern. †3. Of or belonging to the night; occurring at night. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [adjective] nightlyeOE nightyc1475 nocturnal1485 noxiala1500 nightish1530 nocturn?1530 nighterly1559 owlish1596 night-tripping1598 epinyctal1600 nighted?1606 nightern1615 noctual1632 nocturnous1727 overnight1870 nitely1970 ?1606 M. Drayton Man in Moone in Poemes sig. H Now the goodly moon Was in the full, and at her nighted noon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1593
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