benight /bi-nīt/

1. (chiefly in passive) to be overtaken by night (ie before reaching one's destination)
2. (active) to cover with darkness
3. To darken, cloud (figurative; of sorrow, disappointment, etc)

benightˈed adjective

1. Overtaken by night
2. Lost in intellectual or moral darkness
3. Ignorant

benightˈen transitive verb (rare)

To benight

benightˈening noun

benightˈer noun

benightˈing noun

(also adjective)

benightˈment noun

• hygrophyte
• hygrophytes
• hygrophytic
• hygroscope
• hygroscopes
• hygroscopic
• hygroscopical
• hygroscopicities
• hygroscopicity
• hygroscopic salt
• hygrostat
• hygrostats
• hying
• hyke
• lichen
• lichened
• lichenin
• lichenins
• lichenism
• lichenisms
• lichenist
• lichenists
• lichenoid
• lichenologist
• lichenologists