"dark night" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dark nights [plural]
Etymology: dark + night Etymology templates: {{com|en|dark|night}} dark + night Head templates: {{en-noun}} dark night (plural dark nights)
  1. Ellipsis of dark night of the soul.. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: dark night of the soul Categories (topical): Light, Night
    Sense id: en-dark_night-en-noun-4-9SX0Cj Disambiguation of Light: 100 0 Disambiguation of Night: 52 48
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, night. Categories (topical): Night
    Sense id: en-dark_night-en-noun-LP94IeFn Disambiguation of Night: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58

Inflected forms

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