postmidnight en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English midnight English postmidnight From post- + midnight.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) After midnight, but before dawn.
Hussein's being taken to his execution from his cell in an American military detention center in the postmidnight chill of Saturday had a surreal and even cinematic quality.
2007 January 1, John F. Burns, “U.S. Questioned Iraq on the Rush to Hang Hussein”, in New York Times:Near-synonym: predawn
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| post-midnight | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
wee small hours · early hours · wee hours · small hours · wee hour · predawn
Translations (6)
fr après-minuit (part of the day between midnight and dawn) · it pomezzanotte (part of the day between midnight and dawn) · de Nachmitternacht (part of the day between midnight and dawn) · pl po północy (part of the day between midnight and dawn) · es madrugada (part of the day between midnight and dawn) · pt madrugada (part of the day between midnight and dawn)