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单词 forenight
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forenightn.

/ˈfɔːnʌɪt/
Etymology: < fore adv. and prep.
1. The previous night. Obsolete.
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the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > previous or yesterday night
yesternighta1522
forenight1582
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 42 I that in forenight was with no weapon agasted,..Now shiuer at shaddows.
2. Scottish. The evening, the interval between twilight and bed-time.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun]
evenOE
eventideOE
eveningOE
eventimeOE
evea1250
evetimec1300
even whilea1375
evetidea1382
supper timec1390
supper whilea1425
forenight1513
evening-tide1521
supperwardc1563
after-supperc1596
Vesperugo1600
vesper1613
far-day1650
eveg1675
evg1777
dew-falla1822
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vi. 63 Serranus That all the fornycht in ryot..had spendit.
1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 299 We kent nae but it was drunken fowk riding to the fair, i' the fore night.
1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xvi. 139 There were long forenights to favour the plot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

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fore-night
fore-night n.
Brit. /ˈfɔːnʌɪt/
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U.S. /ˈfɔrˌnaɪt/
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1808–79 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Forenicht, the interval between twilight and bed-time.
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