anight

adv
/əˈnaɪt/

Etymology

From a- + night.

  1. inherited from *nókʷts — “night
  2. inherited from *nahts — “night
  3. inherited from *naht — “night
  4. inherited from niht
  5. inherited from nighte
  6. prefixed as anight — “a + night

Definitions

  1. In the night-time, at night.

    • I remember, when I was in love, I broke my sword upon a stone, and bid him take that for coming a-night to Jane Smile […]
    • I speak very kinde things of you between my Maid and I anight as I am going to bed, and next my Prayers too, Heaven forgive me!
    • My Lord, there stands in Court one Thomas Johnson, Apprentice to Mr. Pemmel; he can tell what time a-night it was I came to Mr. Humston’s, he let me in; I desire he may be call’d.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anight. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA