fortnight
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noun
the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.
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| —n | |
| a period of 14 consecutive days; two weeks | |
| [Old English fēowertīene niht fourteen nights] | |
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Fortnight
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
fortnight
17c. contraction of M.E. fourteniht, from O.E. feowertyne niht, lit. "fourteen nights," preserving the ancient Germanic custom of reckoning by nights, mentioned by Tacitus in "Germania" xi. Related: Fortnightly.
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Example sentences
What ensued during the following fortnight was part high drama, part vaudeville show.
Year after year hopefuls declare some outrageous plan to lose a thigh, and usually give it up in about a fortnight.
The tragedy will not take place until nearly a fortnight later.
Such was the fuss that a fortnight ago the government told the director of public prosecutions to reopen the prosecution.
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