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birthnight

birthnight noun: the night of someone's birth.

Noun

birthnight (plural birthnights)

  1. The night of someone's birth.
  2. The night of someone's birthday.
    • And of the Angelic Song in Bethlehem field, / On thy birth-night, that ſung thee Saviour born.1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 104–105, lines...
    • he was on his way home and was going to take her out to IHOP for a late night birthday. I guess the best thing to have done, had I known , would have been to wish her a Happy Birthnight.2018, Norman Ross, Pater Noster in Condoland

Forms of birthnight

pluralbirthnights

Origin of birthnight

From birth + night.

Questions about birthnight

What does birthnight mean?
Birthnight means the night of someone's birth.
What part of speech is birthnight?
Birthnight is a noun.
What is the plural of birthnight?
The plural of birthnight is birthnights.

Words near birthnight in the dictionary

  1. birthmonths
  2. birthmother
  3. birthmothers
  4. birthname
  5. birthnames
  6. birthnight
  7. birthnights
  8. birthparent
  9. birthparents
  10. birthplace
  11. birthplaces

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