单词 | saturnight |
释义 | Saturnightn. In early use: the night before Saturday, Friday night; (also as adv., with the): on the night before Saturday; on Friday night (obsolete). In later use: Saturday night (colloquial).With the Saturnight cf. the adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > Friday FridayeOE SaturnightOE sixth day1655 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xiv. 296 His lic læg on byrigene þa sæterniht, & sunnanniht. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 11650 In a lammasse niȝt, saterniȝt þat was. 1704 F. Limborch Let. 25 July in J. Locke Corr. (1989) VIII. 363 This day fourtnight my little one grew a little Indisposed off a loossnesse,..butt since saturnight itts turned into a screeming gripe or a Convulsion in the bowels. c1729 in C. Jackson et al. Yorks. Diaries (1877) I. Appendix iv. 459 Mr. Henry Carrington..died about 7 a clock of Saturnight, 14 March 1729 ; buried at Worsborough. of Tuesday night after. 1998 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 20 Mar. 7 Every Saturday, bee in the House and in the Garage with Outrageous. This Saturnight, Outrageous at Golds plays host to DJs Luke Neville, Mark Pitchers and Neil Higgins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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