sevennight

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/ Hyphenation: sev‧en‧night === Noun === sevennight (plural sevennights) (archaic or obsolete) Alternative form of sennight, a week. === References === “sevennight”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === evennights