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twelfth night

twelfth night
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [twelfth nahyt]
    • /twɛlfθ naɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [twelfth nahyt]
    • /twɛlfθ naɪt/

Definitions of twelfth night words

  • noun twelfth night the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities. 1
  • noun twelfth night the evening of Twelfth Day itself. 1
  • noun twelfth night (italics) a comedy (1602) by Shakespeare. 1
  • noun twelfth night the evening of Jan 5, the eve of Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festal celebrations 0
  • noun twelfth night the evening of Twelfth Day itself 0
  • noun twelfth night (as modifier) 0
See all 9 definitions of twelfth night

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Origin of twelfth night

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English

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Parts of speech for Twelfth night

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Twelfth night

twelfth night popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

twelfth night usage trend in Literature

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