witching hour


noun

midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.

Origin of witching hour

First recorded in 1825–35

British Dictionary definitions for witching hour

witching hour

noun

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

Idioms and Phrases with 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.