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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of night form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Dark; clouded.

   "Queen Gertrude: Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off."

2. 2
   Overtaken by night; belated.

Adjective

1. 1
   overtaken by night or darkness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

benightedunpunctual

Example

More examples

"Queen Gertrude: Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From night (“noun sense”) + -ed.

Etymology 2

From night (“verb sense”) + -ed.

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