Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nightfire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: night-fire
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fire that is lit outdoors at night.

noun

A will o' the wisp.

Example Sentences

"So I go on with my clowns & ponies, angels floating over peasants warming themselves by nightfires, devils, laborers, simple country girls, of donkey-bodied men & mystic bursts of rain over symbolic volcanoes."
"I mean to have them all garrisoned again within the year, and nightfires burning before their gates."
"Around the nightfires, I read Ezekiel and Leviticus and then spoke mysteriously about the quarry we chased, lengthening all I knew of the Harp gang into flatulent legend."

Etymology

From night + fire.

Inflected Forms

nightfires (plural)

Questions

What does nightfire mean?: A fire that is lit outdoors at night.
Where does nightfire come from?: From night + fire.

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