Twelfth Night

noun

: the evening or sometimes the eve of Epiphany

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The tradition originated with the medieval European custom of burning a massive hardwood log in the hearth during holidays from Christmas Eve through Twelfth Night. Nicole Sours Larson, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024 He’s also portrayed Feste in Twelfth Night, the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, Cogwsorth in Beauty and the Beast, Bottom in A Midsummer’s Night Dream and Da in Once. Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024 Coming in early 2025, Liese's Once Smitten, Twice Shy is a reimagining of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and promises a story filled with banter, a bit of spice and a deeply healing, soft love. Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024 Without Heminges and Condell, the plays that had not been previously published—including Macbeth, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night and The Winter’s Tale—would have been lost. Andrea Mays, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for Twelfth Night 

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Twelfth Night was before the 12th century

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“Twelfth Night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Twelfth%20Night. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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Twelfth Night

noun
: the evening or sometimes the eve of Epiphany

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