witching hourn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪtʃɪŋ ˌaʊə/, U.S.

/ˈwɪtʃɪŋ ˌaʊ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: witching adj., hour n.

Etymology: < witching adj. + hour n.

1. Usually with the. Midnight, with reference to the belief that witches are active and supernatural occurrences take place at that time. More generally: the time, esp. the dead of night, when bad or sinister things are believed to be most likely to happen.With allusion to the phrase ‘the witching time of night’ in Shakespeare's Hamlet: see quot. 1604 and witching adj. 1c.

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the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > midnight

midnighteOE

middle nighteOE

noontide1568

noon1605

witching hour1762

long hour1807

midnight1813

midnight-tide1918

zero hour1939

the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > darkest period or dead of night

dead of night1548

witching hour1762

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 377 Tis now the very witching time of night, When Churchyards yawne, and hell it selfe breakes out Contagion to this world. ]

1762 E. C. Keene Misc. Poems 15 Tis the baleful witching hour,..Now doth murders dagger gleam,..Yawning graves give up their dead.

1813 W. Scott in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1811 4 ii. p. lvi/2 While about the witching hour they were crowning a solemn bumper to his health, a figure burst into the room.

1881 ‘Freethinker & Republican’ My Path into Freethought viii. 83 The great Big Ben..has just sounded forth this ‘witching hour,’ when ghosts and spirits make midnight lamps burn blue.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. [Circe] 423 The witching hour of night.

1982 R. Dahl BFG 10 The witching hour..was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world to themselves.

2008 T. Jordan Addition vii. 77 For me.., midnight is not the witching hour. 4.00 is.

2. A period of time, typically in the early evening, when a baby or young child is prone to irritability or prolonged crying.

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1985 S. Turecki & L. Tonner Difficult Child iv. 64 Many children pass through a period of time each day their mothers call the ‘witching hour’, when their behavior is well-nigh impossible.

1992 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 13 July I would have killed for someone to walk my colic baby while I had a decent dinner... The witching hour for my baby was 5 to 8 p.m.

2019 www.mumsnet.com 28 Apr. (forum post, accessed 26 Mar. 2021) Ideally I want him down in his crib for the night by 19:30, with bath/massage/cuddle and feed beforehand but it's impossible because witching hour is already in full force and nothing pacifies him.

3. Originally and chiefly U.S. The last hour of trading each month when exchange-traded stock options expire, causing increased trading activity and volatility in the market. triple-witching hour: the third Friday of each March, June, September, and December, when stock-index options, futures, and individual stock options all expire at the same time, making the market particularly volatile.

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1985 N.Y. Times 15 Apr. d4//1 Many stock investors have come to regard the last hour of trading on the third Friday of each month as the ‘witching hour’, a time when the market seems to plunge for no apparent reason.

1992 Financial Times 18 Apr. 19/2 The late surge in blue chip prices was due entirely to an imbalance of buying orders linked to ‘triple-witching hour’.

1995 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 Sept. (Business section) 33 In a move likened to the witching hour on Wall Street, the Australian sharemarket took an unusual turn yesterday, shooting up around 17 points in the last hour of trading.

2015 Real Money (Nexis) 26 Aug. We peaked right before going into the time when clerks execute margin calls... This time we bottomed right before that witching hour, and the forced selling seems to be over for now.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	witching hour
释义	witching hourn. Brit. /ˈwɪtʃɪŋ ˌaʊə/, U.S. /ˈwɪtʃɪŋ ˌaʊ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: witching adj., hour n. Etymology: < witching adj. + hour n. 1. Usually with the. Midnight, with reference to the belief that witches are active and supernatural occurrences take place at that time. More generally: the time, esp. the dead of night, when bad or sinister things are believed to be most likely to happen.With allusion to the phrase ‘the witching time of night’ in Shakespeare's Hamlet: see quot. 1604 and witching adj. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > midnight midnighteOE middle nighteOE noontide1568 noon1605 witching hour1762 long hour1807 midnight1813 midnight-tide1918 zero hour1939 the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > darkest period or dead of night dead of night1548 witching hour1762 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 377 Tis now the very witching time of night, When Churchyards yawne, and hell it selfe breakes out Contagion to this world. View more context for this quotation] 1762 E. C. Keene Misc. Poems 15 Tis the baleful witching hour,..Now doth murders dagger gleam,..Yawning graves give up their dead. 1813 W. Scott in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1811 4 ii. p. lvi/2 While about the witching hour they were crowning a solemn bumper to his health, a figure burst into the room. 1881 ‘Freethinker & Republican’ My Path into Freethought viii. 83 The great Big Ben..has just sounded forth this ‘witching hour,’ when ghosts and spirits make midnight lamps burn blue. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. [Circe] 423 The witching hour of night. 1982 R. Dahl BFG 10 The witching hour..was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world to themselves. 2008 T. Jordan Addition vii. 77 For me.., midnight is not the witching hour. 4.00 is. 2. A period of time, typically in the early evening, when a baby or young child is prone to irritability or prolonged crying. ΚΠ 1985 S. Turecki & L. Tonner Difficult Child iv. 64 Many children pass through a period of time each day their mothers call the ‘witching hour’, when their behavior is well-nigh impossible. 1992 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 13 July I would have killed for someone to walk my colic baby while I had a decent dinner... The witching hour for my baby was 5 to 8 p.m. 2019 www.mumsnet.com 28 Apr. (forum post, accessed 26 Mar. 2021) Ideally I want him down in his crib for the night by 19:30, with bath/massage/cuddle and feed beforehand but it's impossible because witching hour is already in full force and nothing pacifies him. 3. Originally and chiefly U.S. The last hour of trading each month when exchange-traded stock options expire, causing increased trading activity and volatility in the market. triple-witching hour: the third Friday of each March, June, September, and December, when stock-index options, futures, and individual stock options all expire at the same time, making the market particularly volatile. ΚΠ 1985 N.Y. Times 15 Apr. d4//1 Many stock investors have come to regard the last hour of trading on the third Friday of each month as the ‘witching hour’, a time when the market seems to plunge for no apparent reason. 1992 Financial Times 18 Apr. 19/2 The late surge in blue chip prices was due entirely to an imbalance of buying orders linked to ‘triple-witching hour’. 1995 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 Sept. (Business section) 33 In a move likened to the witching hour on Wall Street, the Australian sharemarket took an unusual turn yesterday, shooting up around 17 points in the last hour of trading. 2015 Real Money (Nexis) 26 Aug. We peaked right before going into the time when clerks execute margin calls... This time we bottomed right before that witching hour, and the forced selling seems to be over for now. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1762
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