nightfalln.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtfɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtˌfɔl/,

/ˈnaɪtˌfɑl/

Forms: see night n. and fall n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., fall n.²

Etymology: < night n. + fall n.²

†1. A fruit that has fallen from a tree during the night. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [noun] > fallen fruit

windfalla1592

nightfall1611

night-falling1632

tumble fruit1891

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at La groüée des fruicts That fruit which falls in the night; wind-falls, night-falls, night-wind-falls.

2. The onset of night; the end of daylight; dusk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall

nighteOE

evengloamOE

eveningOE

gloamingc1000

darknessa1382

twilighting1387

crepusculum1398

crepusculec1400

darkc1400

twilight1412

sky1515

twinlightc1532

day-going?1552

cockshut1592

shutting1598

blind man's holiday1599

candle-lighting1605

gropsing1606

nightfall1612

dusk1622

torchlighta1656

candlelight1663

crepuscle1665

shut1667

mock-shade1669

close1696

duskish1696

glooma1699

setting1699

dimmit1746

to-fall of the day or night1748

darklins1767

even-close1781

mirkning1790

gloaming-shot1793

darkening1814

bat-flying time1818

gloama1821

between-light1821

settle1822

dayfall1823

evenfall1825

onfall1825

owl-hoot1832

glooming1842

darkfall1884

smokefall1936

dusk-light1937

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. ii. 10 Then spurring his horse, he hyed all he might towards it, and arriued much about night fall.

1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple ii. iv. 18 No man is seen to come into this House after Night fall.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 25 Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards night-fall, I played one of my most merry tunes.

1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 24 Aug. 538/1 By night-fall the enemy had betaken themselves to flight.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 342 The traveller at nightfall would have found the inn where he had expected to sup and lodge deserted.

1894 J. W. McLaren Tibbie & Tam 57 I canna say when I'll get a return train, but it'll likely be nichtfa'.

1951 S. H. Bell December Bride iii. i. 196 By speeding up they managed to thresh two of the stacks by nightfall.

1999 New Yorker 2 Feb. 24/1 Yet more dank sunless days, skies dusk-dark from dawn to nightfall.

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

单词	nightfall
释义	nightfalln. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtfɔːl/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌfɔl/, /ˈnaɪtˌfɑl/ Forms: see night n. and fall n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., fall n.² Etymology: < night n. + fall n.² †1. A fruit that has fallen from a tree during the night. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [noun] > fallen fruit windfalla1592 nightfall1611 night-falling1632 tumble fruit1891 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at La groüée des fruicts That fruit which falls in the night; wind-falls, night-falls, night-wind-falls. 2. The onset of night; the end of daylight; dusk. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall nighteOE evengloamOE eveningOE gloamingc1000 darknessa1382 twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 darkc1400 twilight1412 sky1515 twinlightc1532 day-going?1552 cockshut1592 shutting1598 blind man's holiday1599 candle-lighting1605 gropsing1606 nightfall1612 dusk1622 torchlighta1656 candlelight1663 crepuscle1665 shut1667 mock-shade1669 close1696 duskish1696 glooma1699 setting1699 dimmit1746 to-fall of the day or night1748 darklins1767 even-close1781 mirkning1790 gloaming-shot1793 darkening1814 bat-flying time1818 gloama1821 between-light1821 settle1822 dayfall1823 evenfall1825 onfall1825 owl-hoot1832 glooming1842 darkfall1884 smokefall1936 dusk-light1937 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. ii. 10 Then spurring his horse, he hyed all he might towards it, and arriued much about night fall. 1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple ii. iv. 18 No man is seen to come into this House after Night fall. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 25 Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards night-fall, I played one of my most merry tunes. 1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 24 Aug. 538/1 By night-fall the enemy had betaken themselves to flight. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 342 The traveller at nightfall would have found the inn where he had expected to sup and lodge deserted. 1894 J. W. McLaren Tibbie & Tam 57 I canna say when I'll get a return train, but it'll likely be nichtfa'. 1951 S. H. Bell December Bride iii. i. 196 By speeding up they managed to thresh two of the stacks by nightfall. 1999 New Yorker 2 Feb. 24/1 Yet more dank sunless days, skies dusk-dark from dawn to nightfall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1611
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