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noctivagant
noctivagant, a. (and n.) (nɒkˈtɪvəgənt) [f. nocti- + vagant a.] Wandering by night.c 1620 T. Adams Sinner's Passing-bell Wks. 1861 I. 347 The lustful sparrows, noctivagant adulterers, sit chirping about our houses. 1633 ― Com. 2 Peter i. 4 If our affections be noctivagant, night walkers, they will e...
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noctivagous
noctivagous, a. (nɒkˈtɪvəgəs) [f. nocti- + L. vagus wandering.] = noctivagant.1801 G. Hanger Life I. 212 They became ambulatory and noctivagous. 1843 F. E. Paget Pageant 144 Beasts of prey, burglars, and ladies of fashion are the only three kinds of noctivagous mammalia. 1854 Fraser's Mag. XLIX. 158...
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nocti-
nocti- comb. form of L. nox, noctis, used in certain words, as nocˈtidial [L. dies day] a., comprising a night and a day. † ˈnoctifer [cf. L. noctifer evening star], a bringer of night or darkness. † nocˈtiferous a. (see quot.). noctiˈflorous a., Bot. night-flowering (Cassell 1886). noctiˈlucent a.,...
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