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(Noun) An old English noun from the 13th century (Morte de Arthur) meaning seven nights. Also found in "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf"
Usage: It's a quirk of language that sennight,(a week)is now defunct but fortnight,(two weeks..14 nights) is still used.


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