nighted

Adjective
Synonyms: benighted

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. overtaken by night or darkness“benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home”Synonyms: benightedOpposite on timeSimilar unpunctual
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Night′ed adjective

1. Darkness; clouded. rare William Shakespeare

2. Overtaken by night; belated. Francis, & Fletcher, John. Beaumont

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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