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to-nite

to-nite is the archaic spelling of tonight.

Meaning of tonight

Adverb

tonight (not comparable)

  1. During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.
    • I want to party tonight!
  2. (obsolete) Last night.
    • Besides, I met Lord Bigot and Lord Salisbury,
      With eyes as red as new-enkindled fire,
      And others more, going to seek the grave
      Of Arthur, whom they say is killed to-night
      On your suggestion.1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, act 4, scene 2, page 165

See all 3 meanings of tonight

Forms of to-nite

pluralto-nites

Origin of to-nite

From to- + nite.

Questions about to-nite

What is to-nite the archaic spelling of?
To-nite is the archaic spelling of tonight.

Words near to-nite in the dictionary

  1. to-named
  2. to-names
  3. to-naming
  4. to-night
  5. to-nights
  6. to-nite
  7. to-nites
  8. to-oneself
  9. To-ong Pardo
  10. to-scale
  11. to-ward

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to-nite (page history and authors); tonight (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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