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sennight - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sennight'

English

Alternative forms

* se'nnight

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (archaic) A period of seven nights; a week.
  • *c. 1599-1600 , William Shakespeare, As You Like It Act III, scene ii.
    • ...if the interim be but a se'nnight , Time's pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven year.

    Synonyms

    * (seven nights) week

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) After a sennight has passed.
  • *1815 , Jane Austen, Emma
  • *:I was snowed up at a friend's house once for a week. Nothing could be pleasanter. I went for only one night, and could not get away till that very day se'nnight .
  • * 1928 , Virginia Woolf, Orlando
    • As for his marriage with the Lady Margaret, fixed though it was for this day sennight , the thing was so palpably absurd that he scarcely gave it a thought.
  • (archaic) A sennight ago.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    • It will be in my power to assure him that her ladyship was quite well yesterday se'nnight .

    See also

    * fortnight

    References

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