nighttime

noun
/ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/

Etymology

From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (“nighttime”).

  1. inherited from nyght tyme

Definitions

  1. The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise

    The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.

    • Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time
    • Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.
  2. Pertaining to nighttime

    Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.

  3. Happening during the night.

    • Discourage nighttime prowlers by installing motion-sensitive lights.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nighttime. 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