Nightingale
['naɪtɪŋ,geɪl] or ['naɪtn,gel]
Definition
(noun.) European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song.
(noun.) English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910).
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Definition
(n.) A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.
(n.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Philomel, philomela, (Philomela luscinia.)
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Definition
n. a small sylviine bird of the Passerine family widely distributed in the Old World celebrated for the rich love-song of the male heard chiefly at night.
n. a kind of flannel scarf with sleeves worn by invalids when sitting up in bed.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are listening to the harmonious notes of the nightingale, foretells a pleasing existence, and prosperous and healthy surroundings. This is a most favorable dream to lovers, and parents. To see nightingales silent, foretells slight misunderstandings among friends.
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Examples
- The nightingale's song was then the only voice of the hour: in listening to it, I again wept. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Jane, do you hear that nightingale singing in the wood? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I hear a nightingale warbling in a wood half a mile off; no moving form is visible, no coming step audible; but that perfume increases: I must flee. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Seius gave for the nightingale the command of a quantity of labour and subsistence, equal to what ? 66:13: 4d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The nightingale, hitherto silent, now began its song, upon which the old man good-humoredly pushed Maurice to the door. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Wherefore the night is empty of singing to me: Lean from your lattice, capricious one, And I will sing the strain of the nightingale to the rose. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Becky, the nightingale, took the flowers which he threw to her and pressed them to her heart with the air of a consummate comedian. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She sang, and her voice flowed in a rich cadence, swelling or dying away, like a nightingale of the woods. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- What is the divine nightingale now singing? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- When her sweet voice died away, an emulous nightingale began to sing as if in rivalry, and Helena burst out into girlish laughter. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I have been talking to the Rector, and for the last few moments I have been watching you, my Attic nightingale. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'll say 'nightingales' then, with Laurie. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- My nightingales should sing their sweetest here, if the tale of their love for the rose be true. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Editor: Rena