† nighterlyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Nightly.
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nightlyeOE
nightyc1475
nocturnal1485
noxiala1500
nightish1530
nocturn?1530
nighterly1559
owlish1596
night-tripping1598
epinyctal1600
nighted?1606
nightern1615
noctual1632
nocturnous1727
overnight1870
nitely1970
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 94 If thou make a cake of meale knod with nighterly dew [L. nocturno rore] of saint John.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1559- lesser centaury
- lesser circle
- lesser clot-bur
- lesser clotbur
- lesser dane
- lesser death watch
- lesser dog
- lesser dog star
- lesser entrance
- lesser excommunication
- lesser fairy armadillo
- lesser focile
- lesser george
- lesser habit
- lesser hemlock
- lesser hippocampus
- lesser light
- lesser lion
- lesser litany
- lesser marshwort
- lesser mood
- lesser moonwort
- lesser multangular
- lesser omentum
- lesser or small calorie