midnight

[mid-nahyt] Origin

mid·night

[mid-nahyt]
noun
1.
the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to midnight.
3.
resembling midnight, as in darkness.

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Midnight is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
4.
burn the midnight oil, to study or work far into the night: After months of burning the midnight oil, he really needed a vacation.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English midniht. See mid-, night

mid·night·ly, adjective, adverb
post·mid·night, adjective
pre·mid·night, noun
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midnight (ˈmɪdˌnaɪt)
 
n
1.  a.  the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night
 b.  (as modifier): the midnight hour
2.  burn the midnight oil to work or study late into the night
 
'midnightly
 
adj, —adv

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midnight
O.E. mid-niht, or middre niht (with dative). Midnight oil symbolizing "late night work" is attested from 1635.
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