Synonyms for nocturnal

Grammar : Adj

Spell : nok-tur-nl

Phonetic Transcription : nɒkˈtɜr nl

Définition of nocturnal

Origin : late 15c., from Old French nocturnal "nightly, nocturnal," or directly from Late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus "belonging to the night," from nox (genitive noctis) "night," cognate with Old English neaht (see night) + -urnus, suffix forming adjectives of time. Nocturnal emission "involuntary ejaculation during sleep" first recorded 1813.

adj happening at night

Example sentences :

Wretched about one son, he was dismayed at the nocturnal visit of the other.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to dancing and the theft of children.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

Do not they sometimes favour the world with these nocturnal shriekings?
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Have you come to pay us a nocturnal visit, or—there's nothing the matter?
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

But Vose was not yet through with his nocturnal experiences.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis

Coupled with this was a restlessness and a habit of nocturnal prowling.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various

They infest desert places, and are nocturnal in their habits.
Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies

My companion pointed it out to me as the end of our nocturnal walk.
Extract from : « The Severed Hand » by Wilhelm Hauff

Or was there, possibly, some deeper meaning in this nocturnal journey?
Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle

But all to no purpose; it still continued its nocturnal peregrinations.
Extract from : « Scottish Ghost Stories » by Elliott O'Donnell

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