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witching hour

American  

noun

  1. midnight.

    a rendezvous at the witching hour.


witching hour British  

noun

  1. the hour at which witches are supposed to appear, usually midnight

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witching hour Idioms  
  1. 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.


Etymology

Origin of witching hour

First recorded in 1825–35