overnite

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ nite.

Adverb

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overnite (not comparable)

  1. (US) Informal spelling of overnight.
    • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      Everyone wanted to go to Randy's when done eating & I knew J planned on staying there overnite & spending Sunday there so I asked to be taken back to Sam's, saying I just didn't feel like crashing yet.

Adjective

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overnite (not comparable)

  1. (US) Informal spelling of overnight.
    • 1939 September, “Overseas Railways: More American Accelerations”, in Railway Magazine, page 214:
      The latest facilities include a new C. B. & Q. westbound express, called the Overnite Denverite, covering the distance in 17 hr. 20 min., and an acceleration of the C. & N. W.-U. P. westbound Columbine to the same figure.