Dictionary
mid•night
Pronunciation: (mid'nīt"), [key]—
n.
the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
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adj.
1. of or pertaining to midnight.
2. resembling midnight, as in darkness.
3. burn the midnight oil, to study or work far into the night:
After months of burning the midnight oil, he really needed a vacation. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.