nightish
nightish · more nightish · most nightish
Of or pertaining to nightOf or pertaining to night; nocturnal.
Meaning
1 sensesOf or pertaining to night; nocturnal.
c. 1565-1570, George Turberville, A Lover's Vow When hawks shall dread the silly fowl, / And men esteem the nightish owl
Origin
From Middle English nyghtyssh, equivalent to night + -ish.From Middle English nyghtyssh, equivalent to night + -ish.
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Forms
more nightish, most nightish| Comparative | more nightish Lesson |
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| Superlative | most nightish Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatednightly
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.