sennight
See also: se'nnight
English
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Etymology
From Middle English senight, sinight, a shortened form of Middle English sevenight, sevennyght. Doublet of sevennight.
Pronunciation
Noun
sennight (plural sennights)
- (archaic) A period of seven nights; a week.
- c. 1599-1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It Act III, scene ii.
- […] if the interim be but a se'nnight, Time's pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven year.
- c. 1599-1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth Act I, scene iii.
- Weary se'nnights nine times nine, Shall he dwindle, peak and pine:
- c. 1599-1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It Act III, scene ii.
Synonyms
- (seven nights): week
Adverb
sennight (not comparable)
- (archaic) After a sennight has passed.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma:
- I was snowed up at a friend's house once for a week. Nothing could be pleasanter. I went for only one night, and could not get away till that very day se'nnight.
- 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando:
- As for his marriage with the Lady Margaret, fixed though it was for this day sennight, the thing was so palpably absurd that he scarcely gave it a thought.
- (archaic) A sennight ago.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
- It will be in my power to assure him that her ladyship was quite well yesterday se'nnight.
See also
References
- sennight in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- sennight at worldwidewords.org (retrieved 26 August 2015)
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