† ˈnightish, a. Obs. rare.
[f. night n. + -ish1.]
Pertaining to the night, nocturnal.
| 1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. viii. ix. (Caxton) 307 The sygnes of the Zodiacus..that ben watry and erthy ben colde and female and nyghtyssh sygnes. 1530 Palsgr. 319/2 Nyghtysshe or nyghty belongynge to the nyght, nocturne. 1567 Turberv. Epit etc. 15 b, Thou shalt be worse detested then, than is the nightish Owle. |