NIGHT
ADJECTIVES
► BENIGHTED overtaken by the darkness of the night; affected by the night → 1575 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
► BLACKER’N A STACK OF BLACK CATS said of a very dark night → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► COLD AS CHRISTMAS said of a very cold night → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DARK AS A POCKET said of a very dark night → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DARK AS THE INSIDE OF A COW of a night: pitch-black; very dark → 1880
► DARK AS THE INSIDE OF A COW, TAIL DOWN AND EYES SHUT of a night: pitch-black → 20C
► NOCTIVAGANT wandering in the night → 1620
► NOCTURNOUS pertaining to the night → 1727 obs.
► ON THE CAT staying out at night → 1950s African-American sl.
ADVERBS
► ANIGHTS at night; by night → 1663 Eng. & Amer. dial. arch.
► BENIGHT by night → 1642 obs.
► TO-NIGHT on the night just past; last night → c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► YERESTRENE the night before last → 1802 Sc.
NOUNS
► AFTER-DAYLIGHT night → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ALL-NIGHTER 1. something that lasts all night, as a party or study session → 1870 Amer. sl.
2. a place of business that is open all night → 1894 Amer. sl.
► BLACK DARK nighttime at its darkest → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BLACK NIGHT nighttime at its darkest → 1953 Amer. dial.
► BLUE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING the last minutes of proper night-time, when darkness is gradually giving way to dawn → L19 rhyming sl. for ‘two o’clock in the morning’
► DARK O’CLOCK night → 1995 UK sl.
► DARK THIRTY late at night → 1984 US sl.
► DARK TIME night → 1976 US sl.
► DARKEE ► DARKEY ► DARKY night; evening; twilight → 1753 criminals’ sl.
► DARKMAN ► DARKMANS the night, evening; also, twilight → 1567 criminals’ sl.
► DARKS, THE the night; occasionally also twilight → M18 UK sl.
► DARKUM the night → M16 criminals’ sl.
► DAWN PATROL any activity that requires staying up all night or getting up very early → 1945 US sl., orig. military usage
► DIM the night, twilight → 1944 US sl.
► ERE YESTREEN the night before last → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HOWE the depth or middle of winter, the night, etc. → 1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► MIRK darkness, gloom; the close of the day, night → 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MIRKIN ► MIRKINS darkness, nightfall → 1903 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MURK NIGHT the darkest part of the night → 1300
► NIGGER DAYTIME night time → 1803 US sl., offensive
► NIGHTERTALE night-time, the night → 1300 obs., chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► NIGHT-PIECE a painting or picture representing a night scene → 1605
► NOCHY night → 1996 sl.
► NOCTIMANIA an abnormal love of the night → 1991 (Bk.)
► NOCTIPHOBIA an abnormal fear of the night → 1991 (Bk.)
► NYCTOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of darkness or night → 1991 (Bk.)
► OWL-LIGHT the cloud of the night, the dark → 1599
► PERNOCTATION a passing or spending the night; an all-night vigil → 1633
► TAKE A FRIGHT the night → M19 rhyming sl.
► THREE-DAY NIGHT a night full of excitement, danger, etc. → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► THREE-DOG NIGHT a very cold night → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TO-FALL OF THE NIGHT the beginning of night → 1754 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ALL-NIGHTER a person who often stays up all night → 1892 Amer. sl.
► CANDLE-WASTER one who sits up late at night → 1790 Eng. dial.
► LYCHNOBITE one who turns night into day; a ‘fast-liver’; one who works or labours at night and sleeps during the day → 1727 obs.
► MOON’S MAN a person, esp. a criminal, who works at night → 1907 obs.
► NIGHT-CRAWLER a person who socializes or works late at night → 1978 US sl.
► NIGHT-HAWK a person who likes to stay up late, usually for reasons of criminality → 1817 sl.
► NIGHT LARK a person who goes out at night, esp. to socialize → 1845 obs.
► NIGHT RIDER a person who enjoys the wild side of life at night → 1951 US sl.
► NIGHT-SHARK a person who likes to stay up late, usually for reasons of criminality → 1991 sl.
► NIGHT STICK a person who lives their life in clubs and bars and generally → 1978
► NOCTIVAGANT one who wanders by night → 1633
► NOCTIVAGATOR one who walks or wanders by night; a night-walker → 1640 obs.
► PERNOCTALIAN one who remains awake or watches all night → 1846 obs.
PHRASES
► BETWEEN DAYLIGHT AND DAYLIGHT during the night → 1969 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► ADVESPERATE to draw towards night or evening → 1626 obs.
► BENIGHT to be overtaken by the darkness of night (before reaching a place of shelter) → 1560
► BREAK NIGHT to stay up all night partying, talking etc. → 1960s US sl.
► CARRY THE BANNER to stay up all night → 1980 US sl.
► CATERWAUL to roam at night, as in search of sexual partners → 1785 sl.
► DOUP of the darkness of night: to descend, to set in; also of a day: to draw to a close → 1791 obs.
► LAY OUT WITH THE DRY CATTLE to remain out late at night → 1936 Amer. dial.
► PERNOCTATE to stay all night; to pass the night → 1623 obs.
► RACOON to walk about at night, like a raccoon → 1855
► WAKE to sit up late for pleasure or revelry; to turn night into day → 1300 obs.
► WATCH UP to sit up at night → 1852
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