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What is another word for midnights?

Pronunciation: [mˈɪdna͡ɪts] (IPA)

Midnight is a term often used to denote the time period that falls within the middle of the night. Synonyms for the word "midnights" can vary depending on context and purpose. Some common synonyms for "midnight" include "witching hour," "dead of night," "wee hours," and "midnight hour." Other synonyms can be more playful or imaginative, such as "night owl's hour," "witching time," or "cusp of day and night." Still, others may rely on more technical or specific language, such as "solar midnight," "astronomical midnight," or "nadir." Whatever the synonym used, it ultimately highlights a specific moment in time that carries with it its own unique energy and significance.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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  • THE OCTOBER COUNTRY …that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain…
    Ray Bradbury
  • But especially he loved to run in the dim twilight of the summer midnights, listening to the subdued and sleepy murmurs of the forest, reading signs and sounds as a man may read a book, and seeking for the mysterious something that called -- called, waking or sleeping, at all times, for him to come.
    Jack London

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