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单词 sennight
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Definition of sennight in English:

sennight

noun ˈsɛnʌɪtˈsenīt
archaic
  • A week.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All princesses wishing to apply must respond to this proclamation and attend the initiation ball which is to be held in a sennight on the eve of the Festival of the Roses.
    • At the end of the third sennight since the sickness had started, Raul's fever finally broke.
    • A sennight had passed, bringing with it the conclusion of the princess trials and her eighteenth birthday.
    • The wedding was yet a sennight away, and she already wondered how she would exist for the rest of her life.
    • After a short silence, he sighed deeply and said, ‘My cousins are hosting a dinner party to be held in a sennight.’

Origin

Old English seofon nihta 'seven nights'.

 
 

Definition of sennight in US English:

sennight

nounˈsenīt
archaic
  • A week.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A sennight had passed, bringing with it the conclusion of the princess trials and her eighteenth birthday.
    • At the end of the third sennight since the sickness had started, Raul's fever finally broke.
    • The wedding was yet a sennight away, and she already wondered how she would exist for the rest of her life.
    • After a short silence, he sighed deeply and said, ‘My cousins are hosting a dinner party to be held in a sennight.’
    • All princesses wishing to apply must respond to this proclamation and attend the initiation ball which is to be held in a sennight on the eve of the Festival of the Roses.

Origin

Old English seofon nihta ‘seven nights’.

 
 
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