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noctiferous

/nɒkˈtɪfəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
noc-tif-er-ous
IPA
/nɒkˈtɪfəɹəs/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

night-time; dark like the night.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin noctifer. By surface analysis, noct- + -iferous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

How do you pronounce noctiferous?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɒkˈtɪfəɹəs/.
What does noctiferous mean?
night-time; dark like the night.
Where does noctiferous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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