night air en · NOUN
Meanings
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A miasma, or noxious atmosphere.
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(countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see night, air.
The night air may have sobered him a bit by the time they got back to Beattock.
1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| night airs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |