night
night \'ni-t\ n [ME, fr. OE niht; akin to OHG naht night, L noct-, nox,] Gk nykt-, nyx 1: the time from dusk to dawn when no light of the sun is visible 2a: an evening or night taken as an occasion or point of time 2b: an evening set aside for a particular purpose 3a: DARKNESS 3b: a condition or period felt to resemble the darkness of night; as 3b1: a period of dreary inactivity or affliction 3b2: mental or moral darkness 3c: the beginning of darkness : NIGHTFALL - night aj