sennight
noun/ˈsɛnaɪt/UK/ˈsɛnaɪt/US
Etymology
From Middle English senight, senyght, sinight (“sevennight, a week”) [and other forms], a shortened form of seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sevennight.
Definitions
Synonym of week in its various senses, a period of seven consecutive days and nights.
- I dranke not this sennet A draught to my pay; Elynour, I thé pray, Of thyne ale let vs assay, […]
- Marry he trots hard vvith a yong maid, betvveen the contract of her marriage, and the day it is ſolemnizd: if the interim be but a ſennight, Times pace is ſo hard, that it ſeemes the length of ſeuen yeare.
- And Mrs. Jevvkes tells me, every one names Thurſday come Sev'nnight for our Nuptials.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA