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A.Word.A.Day--sennight sennight (SEN-yt) noun A week. [From Middle English, from Old English seofon nihta, from seofon (seven) + nihta, plural of niht (night).] Fortnight is a cousin of today's word. Twice as long as a sennight, it's a compressed form of "fourteen night". -Anu "CHORUS: For now sad Charles unto the throne is come. First his drunk grandam fell down in a fit and died, And then a sennight later his Mother Queen Bit by a rabid Corgi ran naked through the streets, Froth'd at the mouth and breath'd her last. So Charles was crown'd; but now the angry mob Demand that he be brought to Tyburn Tree - Such is the curse on all odd-numbered Charles'." Emily Sheffield; Jackdaw; The Guardian (London); May 29; 1996. This week's theme: archaic words. X-Bonus Life is an adventure in forgiveness. -Norman Cousins, author and editor (1915-1990)

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