noctiferous
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin noctifer, from nox, noctis + ferre (“to bring”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
noctiferous (not comparable)
- (obsolete) night-time; dark like the night.
- 1855, J. T. Headley, The Keepsake:
- noctiferous confusion in the dark abyss
Translations edit
(obsolete) bringing night
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References edit
- “noctiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.