postmidnight

English

Etymology

post- +‎ midnight

Adjective

postmidnight (not comparable)

1. After midnight, but prior to dawn
   • 2007 January 1, John F. Burns, “U.S. Questioned Iraq on the Rush to Hang Hussein”, in New York Times:

     Hussein's being taken to his execution from his cell in an American military detention center in the postmidnight chill of Saturday had a surreal and even cinematic quality.

Alternative forms

• post-midnight