Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noctilucous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: noc-tilu-cous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shining in the night or darkness; luminescent.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"noctilucous cloud"
"noctilucous plankton"
"noctilucous worm"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin noctilūcus.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more noctilucous (comparative) most noctilucous (superlative)

Questions

What does noctilucous mean?: Shining in the night or darkness; luminescent.
Where does noctilucous come from?: Learned borrowing from New Latin noctilūcus.

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