sennight

Meaning

1. A period of seven consecutive days and nights; a week.
2. Preceded by a specified day such as Sunday, today, or yesterday: a week from (either before or after) the specified day.
3. (obsolete) Preceded by a specified day and come: a week after the specified day.
4. (obsolete) Preceded by a specified day and gone or was: a week before the specified day.

Synonyms

week

Hyphenated as

sen‧night

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛnaɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: senight

Inherited from Old English: seofeniht

In summary

From Middle English senight, senyght, sinight (“seven days or nights, a week”) [and other forms], a shortened form of seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht, seoueniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sevennight.