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nightish

nightish adjective: of or pertaining to night; nocturnal.

Adjective

nightish (comparative more nightish, superlative most nightish)

  1. Of or pertaining to night; nocturnal.
    • When hawks shall dread the silly fowl, / And men esteem the nightish owlc. 1565-1570, George Turberville, A Lover's Vow
    • Star light's nights twinkling. Moonlight is nightish, Sun makes day: […]1989, Edward Taylor, Donald E. Stanford, The Poems of Edward Taylor

Forms of nightish

comparativemore nightish
superlativemost nightish

Origin of nightish

From Middle English nyghtyssh, equivalent to night + -ish.

Questions about nightish

What does nightish mean?
Nightish means of or pertaining to night; nocturnal.
What part of speech is nightish?
Nightish is an adjective.

Words near nightish in the dictionary

  1. Nightingale wards
  2. nightingale-thrush
  3. nightingale-thrushes
  4. nightingale-wren
  5. nightingales
  6. nightish
  7. nightjar
  8. nightjars
  9. nightlamp
  10. nightlamps
  11. nightless

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