Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to night, or attached to the night.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to night.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to night; nocturnal.

Etymologies

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From Middle English nyghtyssh, equivalent to night +‎ -ish.

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Examples

  • December 07, 2002 at 11: 58 pm good dinner nightish

    jenna-bear Diary Entry jenna-bear 2002

  • Arabian-nightish altogether, and not likely to hold water for more than the length of the journey from Waterloo to Southampton.

    Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Cynthia Stockley

  • Tenlons F (7: 43: 53 PM): i have been there twice and im excited to play the show outiside at nightish time

    Radio Free Silver Lake 2008

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