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lucifugous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lu-cifu-gous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun.

adj

nocturnal

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin lucifugus (“light-fleeing”), from lucere (“to shine”) + fugere (“to flee”). By surface analysis, luci- + -fugous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more lucifugous (comparative) most lucifugous (superlative)

Synonyms

lucifugal

Questions

What does lucifugous mean?
Having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun.
Where does lucifugous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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