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sevennight
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語源
From 中期英語 seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late 古期英語 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.
発音
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/
- ハイフネーション: sev‧en‧night
名詞
sevennight (plural sevennights)
- (archaic or obsolete)
- A period of seven consecutive days and nights; a week.
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1720, Elfric [i.e., Ælfric of Abingdon], John Johnson, “A.D. DCCCCLVII. Elfric’s Canons.”, in A Collection of All the Ecclesiastical Laws, Canons, Answers, Or Rescripts, with Other Memorials Concerning the Government, Discipline, and Worship of the Church of England, […], 1st part, London: […] Robert Knaplock […], and Samuel Ballard […], →OCLC:
- (attributively) Preceded by a specified day such as Sunday, today, or yesterday: a week from the specified day.
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1549 April 22 (Gregorian calendar), Hugh Latimer, “Sermon X. Being the Sixth Sermon Preached before King Edward VI. April the Tvvelfth.”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester. […], volume I, London: […] J. Scott, […], published 1758, →OCLC, page 175:
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VVhat doctrine is vvritten for us in the eighth chapter of the firſt book of Kings, I did partly ſhevv unto you, moſt honourable audience, this day ſeven-night, of that good man, father Samuel, that good Judge, hovv good a man he vvas, vvhat helpers and coadjutors he took unto him, to have his office vvell diſcharged.
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- A period of seven consecutive days and nights; a week.
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別の表記
- seven-night
等位語
参照
- ^ “sē̆ven-night, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ Compare “sennight, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2022; “sennight, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
- “sevennight”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
アナグラム
- evennights
seven-night
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