night air

noun

A miasma, or noxious atmosphere.

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Meanings

nounnight air (countable and uncountable, plural night airs)

plural night airs

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableA miasma, or noxious atmosphere.
  2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see night, air.

    The night air may have sobered him a bit by the time they got back to Beattock.

    1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53
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APA

night air. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20air

MLA

“night air.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20air. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “night air,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20air.

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