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Definition of Midnight
1. Noun. 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night. "Young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"
Definition of Midnight
1. n. The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
2. a. Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom.
Definition of Midnight
1. Noun. The middle of the night; 12:00 am; on a 12-hour clock, 12:00 at night; on a 24-hour clock, 00:00. ¹
2. Noun. The middle of the night: the moment of time, which is equidistant between sunset and sunrise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Midnight
1. the middle of the night [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midnight
Literary usage of Midnight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"midnight CHILDREN. A few days ago my sister was told by a Lincolnshire peasant
woman that "a midnight child" has peculiar gifts: "it can see everything ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"That great man had complained bitterly of the midnight judges appointed by John
Adams in the last hours of his term, had treated the offices as vacant, ..."
3. Bulletin by National Electric Light Association (1911)
"Do central stations draw load curves of their generator stations and substations
from midnight to midnight? If not, from what points are the carves ..."
4. Manual of Serum Diagnosis: Deep Breathing and a Complete System for by Bernarr Macfadden, Otto Rostoski (1904)
"Oxygen is also consumed in larger quantities before the midnight hour. For those
of my readers, then, who are desir- ..."
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