postmidnight

adj

Etymology

From post- + midnight.

  1. inherited from *midjanahts — “midnight
  2. inherited from midniht
  3. inherited from midnight
  4. prefixed as postmidnight — “post + midnight

Definitions

  1. After midnight, but before dawn.

    • Near-synonym: predawn
    • Hussein's being taken to his execution from his cell in an American military detention center in the postmidnight chill of Saturday had a surreal and even cinematic quality.

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