Definitions
Period of fourteen consecutive days.
Word origin
From Middle English fourtenyght, fourtene nyght, from Old English fēowertīene niht (literally “fourteen nights"; the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights), equivalent to fourteen + night. Compare sennight.
Used in a sentence
“Holonyms: month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond”
“Near-synonym: halfmonth”
“On being kicked the girl fell desperately in love with Henri, and for a fortnight they lived together and spent a thousand francs of Henri's money.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Fourteen-day span”9 letters
02“Two weeks”9 letters
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