† seventh nightn.

Forms: see seventh adj. and night n. and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seventh adj., night n.

Etymology: < seventh adj. + night n., probably after sennight n.

Obsolete.

A period of seven successive days and nights; a week. Also following a specified day, as in yesterday seventh night, this day seventh night: seven days before or after the day specified (cf. week n. Phrases 2a(b)). Cf. sennight n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a week > [noun]

weekeOE

sennightOE

seven daysOE

weekOE

seven days and seven nightsOE

(an) eight daysc1160

a week of daysa1382

week1398

sennight dayc1425

septimane1450

seventh night1567

sennight space1599

hebdomad1600

septuary1646

heptad1876

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. D.i I had thought I should haue bene well beaten within this seuenthnight.

a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons i. 73/1 in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kkkkkk I do not thinke but he might have shaken downe the walls in a seventh-night, and ne're troubled the wooden horse.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. v. 86 in Wks. II His Father dy'd on this day seuenth-night.

1689 Let. from Officer belonging to Ordnance (new ed.) (single sheet) Yesterday seventh night [earlier ed. seven Night] we arrived at the Camp.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	seventh night
释义	† seventh nightn. Forms: see seventh adj. and night n. and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seventh adj., night n. Etymology: < seventh adj. + night n., probably after sennight n. Obsolete. A period of seven successive days and nights; a week. Also following a specified day, as in yesterday seventh night, this day seventh night: seven days before or after the day specified (cf. week n. Phrases 2a(b)). Cf. sennight n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a week > [noun] weekeOE sennightOE seven daysOE weekOE seven days and seven nightsOE (an) eight daysc1160 a week of daysa1382 week1398 sennight dayc1425 septimane1450 seventh night1567 sennight space1599 hebdomad1600 septuary1646 heptad1876 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. D.i I had thought I should haue bene well beaten within this seuenthnight. a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons i. 73/1 in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kkkkkk I do not thinke but he might have shaken downe the walls in a seventh-night, and ne're troubled the wooden horse. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. v. 86 in Wks. II His Father dy'd on this day seuenth-night. 1689 Let. from Officer belonging to Ordnance (new ed.) (single sheet) Yesterday seventh night [earlier ed. seven Night] we arrived at the Camp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1567
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