witching

the witching hour

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

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
AmÉ	-	Medieval French
Sothy	-	Khmer
Calanthia	kə-LAN-thee-ə	English (Rare)
Theodotus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Kira (2)	KEE-rə	English
Antonello	-	Italian