sevennight

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sevennight

/ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/ US, UK

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From Middle English seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sennight.

noun sevennights

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@misc{sevennight_2026,
  title = {sevennight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sevennight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}