deepnight

English

Etymology

deep +‎ night

Noun

deepnight (uncountable)

  1. The middle of the night; dead of night.
    • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 41, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, pages 208–209:
      He swayed as the liquor burned and then he did not see the women as they teased and touched but he heard the rage of the fire and he heard the screams and saw the blazing bodies and he felt it all and his head fell back and his mouth feel open and it was as if the great sorrow of the world came together in a deepnight mist that slipped down his throat and into his soul and he opened his eyes to chase away the screams.
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