all-nightn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌɔːlˈnʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˌɔlˈnaɪt/,

/ˌɑlˈnaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adj., night n.

Etymology: < all adj. + night n.

A. n.

In the royal court or great aristocratic households of England: a service of food, drink, fuel, or candles to last through the night. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > a supply > an all-night supply

all-night1526

1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 152 That there be no playing of disse or cards used in the same chamber, after the King be served for All-night.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §372 In the Court of England, there is a Service which they call All-night; which is a great Cake of wax, with the Wicke in the middest.

a1685 Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 369 From eight of the morning untill All-night is served, in the Presence Chamber.

1978 M. Girouard Life in Eng. Country House iii. 47 His getting up in the morning was a ritual performance, and so was the bringing up of..‘all night’—the loaves of bread, great silver jugs of beer and two great pots of wine.

B. adj.

1. That lasts or has lasted all night; night-long. Cf. all-nighter n. 1, all (the) night at night n. and int. Phrases 1b(a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [adjective] > lasting or during a night

night-longOE

all-night1828

one-night1878

overnight1925

1828 Cherokee Phoenix (New Echota, Georgia) 17 Apr. Great evil has resulted from the..use of ardent spirits at bad plays, all night dances, and other public gatherings.

1857 Missionary Herald (Boston) Mar. 74/1 With him they held their all-night dances, usually Saturday nights, breaking the sacred stillness of the early Sabbath by their drunken whoop.

1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xx. 249 The..Press Club..just beginning to assume its usual all-night gayety and brilliancy.

1892 W. D. Howells Quality of Mercy ii. i. 214 He recalled the long, all-night ride without a sleeper.

1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 13 Myra pictured an all-night tobacco debauch, with Amory pale and reeling from the effect of nicotined lungs.

1995 C. Sagan Demon-haunted World iv. 74 All-night vigils were undertaken by enthusiasts equipped with audio recorders and infrared vision scopes.

2008 A. Davidson Gargoyle (2009) i. 12 An all-night party that grew into a three-year methamphetamine festival.

2. Active, in operation, or open for business throughout the night. Cf. all-nighter n. 2.

ΚΠ

1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 2nd Ser. 133 The body-lifters, or ‘all-night-men,’ as they were wont to be called.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 2/3 The all-night tram system.

1904 Daily Chron. 25 May 8/6 Soldiers' all-night passes.

1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 215 An all-night lunch Counter.

1974 A. Rich Poems: Sel. & New (1975) 210 Walking the City of Love, so cold we warmed our nerves with wine at every all-night café.

2009 New Yorker 2 Mar. 69/1 He went to Lindy's, then an all-night Jewish deli on Broadway.

Compounds

all-night man n. a person, typically a man, who works through the night, or (less commonly) stays up all night in recreational pursuits; cf. all-nighter n. 2a.In earliest use: spec. a resurrectionist, a bodysnatcher.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > one who works at specific time or hours

night worker1601

daysman?1614

nightman1620

dayworker1802

dayman1821

full-timer1839

whole-timer1840

all-night man1861

part-timer1886

all-timer1891

over-timer1910

Saturdayite1932

nine-to-fiver1945

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > bodysnatcher > [noun]

resurrectionist1777

resurrection man1781

resurrection woman1815

body snatcher1819

resurrection cove1819

resurrectioner1822

resurrection jarvey1825

grab1831

snatcher1831

body lifter1832

all-night man1861

resurrector1861

1861‘All-night-men’ [see sense B. 2].

1876 ‘J. Oakum’ Oakum Pickings 72 The position of all night man, which had become vacant, was tendered him.

1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xx. 245 He knows Cottontree is an all-night man.

1921 Soda Fountain Sept. 26/1 In the all-night drug stores of the Dow chain, the all-night man leaves his post each morning at seven, when the first day man takes charge of the soda fountain.

2008 J. Rayburn Cat Whiskers & Talking Furnit. iii. 26 Capping off the day's broadcasts was the all-night man.

all-night sitting n. Politics (originally and chiefly British) (in a legislative assembly, etc.) a session of business, esp. a parliamentary debate, which continues into or throughout the night.

ΚΠ

1861 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 2 Aug. 7/3 The recent all-night sittings of Parliament.

1878 Newcastle Courant 5 Apr. 8/4 (heading) Exciting scene in the House of Commons.—An all night sitting.

1939 W. I. Jennings Parliament v. 138 Most all-night sittings are due to the fact that an agreement cannot be reached.

2001 Irish Times (Electronic ed.) 30 Aug. A special all-night sitting of the [Australian] senate had yet to conclude at the time of going to press although the Bill had been passed by the lower House of Representatives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	all-night
释义	all-nightn.adj. Brit. /ˌɔːlˈnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌɔlˈnaɪt/, /ˌɑlˈnaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adj., night n. Etymology: < all adj. + night n. A. n. In the royal court or great aristocratic households of England: a service of food, drink, fuel, or candles to last through the night. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > a supply > an all-night supply all-night1526 1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 152 That there be no playing of disse or cards used in the same chamber, after the King be served for All-night. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §372 In the Court of England, there is a Service which they call All-night; which is a great Cake of wax, with the Wicke in the middest. a1685 Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 369 From eight of the morning untill All-night is served, in the Presence Chamber. 1978 M. Girouard Life in Eng. Country House iii. 47 His getting up in the morning was a ritual performance, and so was the bringing up of..‘all night’—the loaves of bread, great silver jugs of beer and two great pots of wine. B. adj. 1. That lasts or has lasted all night; night-long. Cf. all-nighter n. 1, all (the) night at night n. and int. Phrases 1b(a). ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [adjective] > lasting or during a night night-longOE all-night1828 one-night1878 overnight1925 1828 Cherokee Phoenix (New Echota, Georgia) 17 Apr. Great evil has resulted from the..use of ardent spirits at bad plays, all night dances, and other public gatherings. 1857 Missionary Herald (Boston) Mar. 74/1 With him they held their all-night dances, usually Saturday nights, breaking the sacred stillness of the early Sabbath by their drunken whoop. 1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xx. 249 The..Press Club..just beginning to assume its usual all-night gayety and brilliancy. 1892 W. D. Howells Quality of Mercy ii. i. 214 He recalled the long, all-night ride without a sleeper. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 13 Myra pictured an all-night tobacco debauch, with Amory pale and reeling from the effect of nicotined lungs. 1995 C. Sagan Demon-haunted World iv. 74 All-night vigils were undertaken by enthusiasts equipped with audio recorders and infrared vision scopes. 2008 A. Davidson Gargoyle (2009) i. 12 An all-night party that grew into a three-year methamphetamine festival. 2. Active, in operation, or open for business throughout the night. Cf. all-nighter n. 2. ΚΠ 1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 2nd Ser. 133 The body-lifters, or ‘all-night-men,’ as they were wont to be called. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 2/3 The all-night tram system. 1904 Daily Chron. 25 May 8/6 Soldiers' all-night passes. 1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 215 An all-night lunch Counter. 1974 A. Rich Poems: Sel. & New (1975) 210 Walking the City of Love, so cold we warmed our nerves with wine at every all-night café. 2009 New Yorker 2 Mar. 69/1 He went to Lindy's, then an all-night Jewish deli on Broadway. Compounds all-night man n. a person, typically a man, who works through the night, or (less commonly) stays up all night in recreational pursuits; cf. all-nighter n. 2a.In earliest use: spec. a resurrectionist, a bodysnatcher. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > one who works at specific time or hours night worker1601 daysman?1614 nightman1620 dayworker1802 dayman1821 full-timer1839 whole-timer1840 all-night man1861 part-timer1886 all-timer1891 over-timer1910 Saturdayite1932 nine-to-fiver1945 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > bodysnatcher > [noun] resurrectionist1777 resurrection man1781 resurrection woman1815 body snatcher1819 resurrection cove1819 resurrectioner1822 resurrection jarvey1825 grab1831 snatcher1831 body lifter1832 all-night man1861 resurrector1861 1861‘All-night-men’ [see sense B. 2]. 1876 ‘J. Oakum’ Oakum Pickings 72 The position of all night man, which had become vacant, was tendered him. 1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xx. 245 He knows Cottontree is an all-night man. 1921 Soda Fountain Sept. 26/1 In the all-night drug stores of the Dow chain, the all-night man leaves his post each morning at seven, when the first day man takes charge of the soda fountain. 2008 J. Rayburn Cat Whiskers & Talking Furnit. iii. 26 Capping off the day's broadcasts was the all-night man. all-night sitting n. Politics (originally and chiefly British) (in a legislative assembly, etc.) a session of business, esp. a parliamentary debate, which continues into or throughout the night. ΚΠ 1861 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 2 Aug. 7/3 The recent all-night sittings of Parliament. 1878 Newcastle Courant 5 Apr. 8/4 (heading) Exciting scene in the House of Commons.—An all night sitting. 1939 W. I. Jennings Parliament v. 138 Most all-night sittings are due to the fact that an agreement cannot be reached. 2001 Irish Times (Electronic ed.) 30 Aug. A special all-night sitting of the [Australian] senate had yet to conclude at the time of going to press although the Bill had been passed by the lower House of Representatives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1526
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