nightfright

English

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) Fear of the night, nyctophobia, noctophobia
  • (countable) A terror or fright typically occurring at night.

Etymology

Affix from English night (noun sense, the conventional time for a person to be in bed, verb sense) + English fright.

Origin

English

fright

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