fortnight

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Contracted form of Old English fēowertȳne (fourteen) niht (nights). Compare sennight.

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Singular
fortnight

Plural
fortnights

fortnight (plural fortnights)

  1. A period of fourteen nights; two weeks.
    1852 Charles Dickens, Bleak House: We will proceed with the hearing on Wednesday fortnight.

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