"nighted" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more nighted [comparative], most nighted [superlative]
Etymology: From night (“noun sense”) + -ed. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|night|-ed|t1=noun sense}} night (“noun sense”) + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} nighted (comparative more nighted, superlative most nighted)
  1. Dark; clouded
    Sense id: en-nighted-en-adj-9~3A4CEV
  2. Overtaken by night; belated
    Sense id: en-nighted-en-adj-0N-gbgyV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 69 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 30 62 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 65 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 66 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From night (“verb sense”) + -ed. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|night|-ed|t1=verb sense}} night (“verb sense”) + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} nighted
  1. simple past and past participle of night Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: night
    Sense id: en-nighted-en-verb-yVT3-moy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:",
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