Antonyms for day night

Grammar : Adj

Spell : nahyt

Phonetic Transcription : naɪt

Definition of day night

Origin : Old English niht (West Saxon neaht, Anglian næht, neht) "night, darkness;" the vowel indicating that the modern word derives from oblique cases (genitive nihte, dative niht), from Proto-Germanic *nakht- (cf. Old Saxon and Old High German naht, Old Frisian and Dutch nacht, German Nacht, Old Norse natt, Gothic nahts).
The Germanic words are from PIE *nekwt- "night" (cf. Greek nuks "a night," Latin nox, Old Irish nochd, Sanskrit naktam "at night," Lithuanian naktis "night," Old Church Slavonic nosti, Russian noch', Welsh henoid "tonight"), according to Watkins, probably from a verbal root *neg- "to be dark, be night." For spelling with -gh- see fight.
The fact that the Aryans have a common name for night, but not for day (q.v.), is due to the fact that they reckoned by nights. [Weekley]
Cf. German Weihnachten "Christmas." In early times, the day was held to begin at sunset, so Old English monanniht "Monday night" was the night before Monday, or what we would call Sunday night.
To work nights preserves the Old English genitive of time. Night shift is attested from 1710 in the sense of "garment worn by a woman at night" (see shift (n.1)); meaning "gang of workers employed after dark" is from 1839. Night soil "excrement" (1770) is so called because it was removed (from cesspools, etc.) after dark. Night train attested from 1838. Night life "habitual nocturnal carousing" attested from 1852.

As in ceaseless : adj never-ending
As in continuous : adj constant, unending

Example sentences :

It's a crime to send men out at this time of day—night, rather.
Extract from : « High Adventure » by James Norman Hall

On Sat'day night, we mos'ly had fun, playin' an drinking whiskey an' beer—no time to fool 'roun' in de week time.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration

She called at my house on 7th day night, but being from home, did not see her till last evening.
Extract from : « The Underground Railroad » by William Still

Night followed day, and day night, as if there was no interval between; yet there was a heaviness upon me that bowed me down.
Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 » by Various

Sat'day night we would have parties and dance and play ring plays.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. » by Work Projects Administration

Dat wuz de place whar us collected mos' ev'ry Sa'day night fer our lil' mite o' fun frum de white folks hearin'.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1 » by Various

Soon as I 'cumulates some payday me an' Lily meets you heah nex' Sat'day night.
Extract from : « Lady Luck » by Hugh Wiley

Night follows day, and day night, with the startling suddenness of a match struck or a lamp extinguished in a cavern.
Extract from : « All Around the Moon » by Jules Verne

I mind the time you brought home your wages reg'lar, every Sat'day night, and I was willin' enough then to speak kind to you.
Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various

He said the night—for the blind call their day night—was now far gone, and it behoved everyone to go back to sleep.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 » by Various

Synonyms for day night

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