dead of night

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dead of night

noun dead of the night

  1. idiomatic Middle of the night. Write loyal cantons of contemnèd love / And sing them loud even in the dead of night.

    Similar: deep of night, 00:00, 12 o'clock, 12 midnight, 12 a.m., 24:00, dead of night, midnight, noon, noon of night

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noun middle of the night

Españolplena noche, noche cerrada
Portuguêscalada da noite, noite morta
Deutschbut see mitten in der Nacht
Italianonotte fonda

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@misc{dead_of_night_2026,
  title = {dead of night},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dead%20of%20night},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}