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acronycal

acronycal adjective: rising at sunset and setting at sunrise.

Adjective

acronycal (not comparable)

  1. Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise.

Antonyms of acronycal

Forms of acronycal

alternative formachronycal
alternative formacronic
alternative formacronychal
alternative formacronical
alternative formacronichal

Origin of acronycal

From Ancient Greek ἄκρονυξ (ákronux, “nightfall”) + -al, one of the three poetic times for the rising and setting of stars, along with cosmical and heliacal.

Words formed from acronycal

Questions about acronycal

What does acronycal mean?
Acronycal means rising at sunset and setting at sunrise.
What part of speech is acronycal?
Acronycal is an adjective.

Words near acronycal in the dictionary

  1. acronicine
  2. acronicines
  3. acronine
  4. acronomic
  5. acrons
  6. acronycal
  7. acronycally
  8. acronychal
  9. acronychally
  10. acronyctous
  11. acronym

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