Meaning
An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong, lively, awake”). Doublet of Wigilia. See also wake and vigor, from the same root.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 9 recorded puzzles: