Synonyms for midnight
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mid-nahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪdˌnaɪt |
Définition of midnight
Origin :- Old English mid-niht, or middre niht (with dative). See mid + night. Midnight oil symbolizing "late night work" is attested from 1630s.
- noun middle of the night
- At midnight, Pericles came, to accompany Anaxagoras to Salamis.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- As soon as we unloaded, it commenced to rain, and kept on steadily till midnight.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- What could the little bird mean by pouring it forth at midnight?
- Extract from : « Buds and Bird Voices (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- However, when we rise to go, it is well after midnight, and I am in a pleasant daze.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- At sunset the thermometer was at 50°, and at midnight at 30°.
- Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
- As well as he was able, about midnight he left his retreat and approached the cabin.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- When the bells announced midnight, Sidney roused with a start.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- By midnight the work was done, and the nurse in charge sent Sidney to bed.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It was dark most of the way, and it was midnight when I got to the ranch.
- Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase
- I'll have to burn some midnight oil, but I can visualize the bridge.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
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