Benight

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪt

Origin

From - + night.

Full definition of benight

Verb

1. (transitive) To overtake with night.
2. (transitive, of a traveller etc) To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination
3. (transitive) To darken
• 1922 A. E. Housman, XXV, lines 13-14The King with half the East at heel is marched from lands of morning;Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benight the air.

Derived terms

• benighted
• benighter
• benightment