Nightertale
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nightertale is a noun meaning (archaic) The period of night; nighttime.
Meaning
(archaic) The period of night; nighttime.
Example Sentences
All through the nightertale I longed for thee, […]
'Did I offend thee in my japishness, my son? Or did slumber forsake thee a nightertale last?'
And since Thomas of Gloucester was Arundel's friend, and only God and His Saints knew which way the redeless King would jump, the future was so dangerful that Edmund of York could neither relish his meat nor sleep sound at nightertale.
A person (as their books make her) raised up by power divine, only for succour to the French estate, then deeply in distress, in whom, for planting a credit the rather, first the company that towards the Dauphin did conduct her, through all dangerous, as held by the English, where she never was afore, all the way and by nightertale safely did she lead; […]
Synonyms for nightertale
Depending on context, synonyms include night.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include to-nite, night-fall, eventime, eveningtide, overnight, yesternight.
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