| nighti | Florence Nightingale is famous as the woman who began professional nursing. |
| nighti | I heard a Japanese nightingale. |
| nighti | "The Nightingale Samurai" A samurai tale full of humanity and humour. |
| nightingale | (n) European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song, Syn. Luscinia megarhynchos |
| nightingale | (n) English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910), Syn. Lady with the Lamp, Florence Nightingale |
| nightie | n.
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| Nightingale | n. [ OE. nihtegale, nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. näktergal, Dan. nattergal. See Night, and Yell. ]
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| Nightish | a. Of or pertaining to night. [ 1913 Webster ] |