Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noctidial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: noc-tidi-al
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Comprising a night and a day.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A noctidial period on Earth is 24 hours long."
"The Noctidial Day, the Lunar Periodic Month, and the Solar Year are Natural and Universal; but Incommensurate each to other, and difficult to be reconciled: Yet we are constrained to make use of them, as Measures […]"
"[…] I extended my peragration of the occident in an austrine direction. After the profection of a noctidial period, I espied an ample concourse […]"
"Farewell to noctidial sittings, / Snatched naps, and occasional "nips"! / Good-bye to swift-bolted bun-lunches, / To tasks which I did not expect, […]"

Etymology

From Latin nox, noctis (“night”) + dies (“day”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: nox

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does noctidial mean?: Comprising a night and a day.
Where does noctidial come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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