weeknight

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

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noun

"On weeknights other than Saturdays, the last Bedford train leaves St. Pancras at 10.35 instead of 10.0 p.m. and is 20 min. faster, and the last Luton train at 11.35 instead of 11.15 p.m."
"For Ms. Park, a forensic chemist for the New Jersey State Police who has since retired, bulgogi was a weeknight workhorse, even without the convenience of pre-sliced meat."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyg-der. Proto-Germanic *wikǭ Proto-West Germanic *wikā Old English wice Middle English wyke English week English night English weeknight From week + night.

weeknights (plural)

school night

week weekday school night worknight

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What does weeknight mean?

The evening of a weekday.

Where does weeknight come from?

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