witching



the witching hour

twelve o'clock at night It's time I was in bed - it's already past the witching hour.
See also: hour, witching

witching hour

Midnight, as in They arrived just at the witching hour. This term alludes to older superstitions concerning a time appropriate to witchcraft and other supernatural occurrences. Shakespeare and others wrote of "the witching time of night." The precise phrase was first recorded in 1835.
See also: hour, witching

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dilshad-Persian
Amarachi-Western African, Igbo
EmerEE-murIrish, Irish Mythology
RiikaREE:-kahFinnish
Melisende-Medieval French
Olwin-Welsh