night-spell
/ˈnʌɪtspɛl/Now historical
noun
1A spell intended as protection against harm at night.
2A spell intended to cause harm or trouble at night. Now rare.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From night + spell.
- relapsable
- relapsation
- relapse
- relapser
- relapsible
- relapsing fever
- relatability
- relatable
- relate
- related
- relatedly
- relatedness
- relater
- relation
- relational
- relational database
- relational grammar
- relational grammarian
- relationally
- relational operator
- relational word
- relationary
- relation-axis
- relationing
- relationism