#Nocturnal synonym definition full#

In the Fire of the Forge - Complete Georg Ebers 1867Įlizabeth Ortlieb kept their word and joined each other here - to their extreme amazement, I should suppose, as to my knowledge they never met before - to receive me, and thus had an interview which, however loudly they may contradict it, I call a nocturnal meeting.

#Nocturnal synonym definition full#

Madame Delmare had all the superstitions of a nervous, sickly Creole certain nocturnal sounds, certain phases of the moon were to her unfailing presages of specific events, of impending misfortunes, and the night spoke to that dreamy, melancholy creature a language full of mysteries and phantoms which she alone could understand and translate according to her fears and her sufferings.īoth Sir Heinz Schorlin and Jungfrau Elizabeth Ortlieb kept their word and joined each other here - to their extreme amazement, I should suppose, as to my knowledge they never met before - to receive me, and thus had an interview which, however loudly they may contradict it, I call a nocturnal meeting. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

“The use of unguents and eye-powders and the dust of the road and the undesigned swallowing of saliva and the emission of seed in nocturnal pollution or at the sight of a strange woman and blooding and cupping none of these things vitiates the fast.” said they wouldn't rest until the large black snake, which appears to be nocturnal, is no longer free. She'd been researching what she called ' nocturnal pressing spirit attacks,' or what scientific literature called sleep paralysis. adjective of or relating to or occurring in the night.adjective belonging to or active during the night.adjective of an occurrence Taking place at night.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.adjective of a person, creature Primarily active during the night.adjective Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night - of animals.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

adjective Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night - opposed to diurnal.

noun An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.

In zoology, active by night: as, nocturnal lepidopter.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

Of or pertaining to the night belonging to the night used, done, or occurring at night: as, nocturnal cold a nocturnal visit: opposed to diurnal.

adjective Zoology Most active at night.

adjective Of, relating to, or occurring in the night.

From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.