Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nightish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: night-ish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to night; nocturnal.

Example Sentences

"c. 1565-1570, George Turberville, A Lover's Vow When hawks shall dread the silly fowl, / And men esteem the nightish owl"
"Star light's nights twinkling. Moonlight is nightish, Sun makes day: […]"
"Nightish folk working their sleepingcity functions in the bright squares of office windows. People untouched by day, smugly snug. You wonder at this darker world of theirs. You grow querulous and bewildered."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: nyghtyssh
Suffix: night

Inflected Forms

more nightish (comparative) most nightish (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

nightly

Questions

What does nightish mean?: Of or pertaining to night; nocturnal.
Where does nightish come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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