nightwardsadv.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtwədz/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtwərdz/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: night n., -wards suffix.

Etymology: < night n. + -wards suffix. Compare earlier nightward adv.

Now rare.

Towards the region of night; westwards.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adverb]

westeOE

west-abouteOE

westeneOE

westwardeOE

bewest1016

westwardsOE

westly1440

westerlya1470

westwardly?1520

westernly1590

west-away1599

westlins1718

west-by1790

a-west1807

wessel1815

westlandways1820

nightwards1855

westbound1888

1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 93 They scattered wide, From Hungria, to Golcond and isles Molucques, And nightwards, to Brasil.

1877 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 566 Our earth is no alien planet wandering nightwards to a destruction reserved for it alone.

a1887 P. B. Marston Love's Truce in Coll. Poems (1892) Then on her breast his head sinks unaware, And life goes nightwards with the setting sun.

1993 Sunday Times (Nexis) 27 June (Sport section) It was 7.45 with the sun dipping nightwards over Wimbledon Common.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nightwards
释义	nightwardsadv. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtwədz/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtwərdz/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: night n., -wards suffix. Etymology: < night n. + -wards suffix. Compare earlier nightward adv. Now rare. Towards the region of night; westwards. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adverb] westeOE west-abouteOE westeneOE westwardeOE bewest1016 westwardsOE westly1440 westerlya1470 westwardly?1520 westernly1590 west-away1599 westlins1718 west-by1790 a-west1807 wessel1815 westlandways1820 nightwards1855 westbound1888 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 93 They scattered wide, From Hungria, to Golcond and isles Molucques, And nightwards, to Brasil. 1877 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 566 Our earth is no alien planet wandering nightwards to a destruction reserved for it alone. a1887 P. B. Marston Love's Truce in Coll. Poems (1892) Then on her breast his head sinks unaware, And life goes nightwards with the setting sun. 1993 Sunday Times (Nexis) 27 June (Sport section) It was 7.45 with the sun dipping nightwards over Wimbledon Common. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1855
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