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nightertale

nightertale noun: the period of night; nighttime.

Noun

nightertale (plural not attested)

  1. (archaic, no plural) The period of night; nighttime.
    • A person (as their books make her) raised up by power divine, only for succour to the French estate, then deeply in distress, in whom, for planting a credit the rather, first the company that towards the Dauphin did conduct her, through all dangerous, as held by the English, where she never was...1867, Charles Knight, editor, The Pictoral Works of Shakspere: Histories — Volume II, George Routledge & Sons, pages 21–22
    • All through the nightertale I longed for thee, […]1926, Arthur Mache, Notes and Queries, Spurr & Swift, page 14
    Synonyms:
    night, nighttide

Synonyms of nightertale

Origin of nightertale

Inherited from Middle English nyghtertale, alteration of Old Norse náttarþel.

Questions about nightertale

What does nightertale mean?
Nightertale means the period of night; nighttime.
What part of speech is nightertale?
Nightertale is a noun.

Words near nightertale in the dictionary

  1. nightening
  2. nightens
  3. nighter
  4. nighteries
  5. nighters
  6. nightertale
  7. nightery
  8. nightfall
  9. nightfalls
  10. nightfaring
  11. nightfear

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