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antelucan

antelucan adjective: of, occurring in, or relating to the postmidnight.

Adjective

antelucan (not comparable)

  1. Of, occurring in, or relating to the postmidnight.
  2. Before dawn.
    • [I]n the lonely antelucan hour, when grey shades, material and mental, are so very grey.1887, Thomas Hardy, chapter 4, in The Woodlanders, London: Macmillan
  3. At night, especially of early Christian assemblies held in secret.

Questions about antelucan

What does antelucan mean?
Antelucan means of, occurring in, or relating to the postmidnight.
What part of speech is antelucan?
Antelucan is an adjective.

Words near antelucan in the dictionary

  1. antelope's cantaloupes
  2. antelopelike
  3. antelopes
  4. antelopian
  5. antelopish
  6. antelucan
  7. antem
  8. antemarginal
  9. antemarital
  10. antemask
  11. antemasks

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