noctiferous
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin noctifer. By surface analysis, noct- + -iferous.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editnoctiferous (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
|
References
edit- “noctiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.