sennight
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsɛnɑɪt/
sennight (plural sennights)
- (archaic) A period of seven nights; a week.
- c. 1599-1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It Act III, scene ii.
- […] if the interim be but a se'nnight, Time's pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven year.
- c. 1599-1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth Act I, scene iii.
- Weary se'nnights nine times nine, Shall he dwindle, peak and pine:
- c. 1599-1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It Act III, scene ii.
- (seven nights) week
sennight (not comparable)
- (archaic) After a sennight has passed.
- (archaic) A sennight ago.
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