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sennight

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Noun — Another word for a week, a stretch of seven days and nights.

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Came from Middle English senight, senyght, sinight (“sevennight, a week”) [and other forms], itself a shortened form of seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht (compare seofonnihte, “seven days old; seven days long”, an adjective), formed from seofon (“seven”), ultimately fr...

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