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Webster 1913 Edition

Sevennight

Seven′night

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Noun.
A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See
Sennight
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Webster 1828 Edition

Sevennight

SEV'ENNIGHT

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Noun.
[seven and night.] A week; the period of seven days and nights; or the time from one day of the week to the next day of the same denomination preceding or following. Our ancestors numbered the diurnal rebolutions of the earth by nights, as they reckoned the annual revolutions by winters. Sevennight is now contracted into sennight, which see.

Definition 2024

sevennight

sevennight

English

Alternative forms

Noun

sevennight ‎(plural sevennights)

  1. A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights.

Translations

References

  • sevennight in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

From the Middle English sēven-night, from the Old English seofon ‎(“seven”) + nihta (the genitive plural form of niht, “night”); equivalent to seven + night; compare the Modern English noun fortnight and the Old English adjective seofonnihte.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/

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