Nightingale
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nightingale is a noun meaning A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.
Meaning
A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.
More Meanings
- A kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, formerly worn by invalids when sitting up in bed.
Example Sentences
The oaks around were the home of a tribe of nightingales.
Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe.
The air, too, was heavy with perfume, and a nightingale, high in the heavens, gave out a cheery song of welcome.
Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet neere day: / It was the Nightingale, and not the Larke, / That pier'ſt the fearefull hollow of thine eare
Word Forms
- nightingales
Synonyms for nightingale
Depending on context, synonyms include philomel.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bird, tongueless, songbird, songster, warbler, thrush.
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