nighted
adj 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
abysmal, close
VERB + NIGHTED
cast
NIGHTED + NOUN
secrets
PREP.
off
Definitions
adj
1
Dark; clouded.
Queen Gertrude: Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off.
To shake off the maddening and wearying limitations of time and space and natural law—to be linked with the vast outside—to come close to the nighted and abysmal secrets of the infinite and the ultimate—surely such a thing was worth the risk of one’s life, soul, and sanity!
2
Overtaken by night; belated.
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adjective — overtaken by night or darkness
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Queen Gertrude: Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off.
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To shake off the maddening and wearying limitations of time and space and natural law—to be linked with the vast outside—to come close to the nighted and abysmal secrets of the infinite and the ultima
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