Sennight

Alternative forms

• se'nnight

Origin

Shortened form of sevennight.

Full definition of sennight

Noun

1. (archaic) A period of seven nights; a week.
• c. 1599-1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It Act III, scene ii....if the interim be but a se'nnight, Time's pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven year.

Synonyms

• (seven nights) week

Adverb

1. (archaic) After a sennight has passed.
• 1815, Jane Austen, EmmaI was snowed up at a friend's house once for a week. Nothing could be pleasanter. I went for only one night, and could not get away till that very day se'nnight.
• 1928, Virginia Woolf, OrlandoAs for his marriage with the Lady Margaret, fixed though it was for this day sennight, the thing was so palpably absurd that he scarcely gave it a thought.
2. (archaic) A sennight ago.
• 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and PrejudiceIt will be in my power to assure him that her ladyship was quite well yesterday se'nnight.