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lucifugous

lucifugous adjective: having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun.

Adjective

lucifugous (comparative more lucifugous, superlative most lucifugous)

  1. Having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun.
    • Dracula is a lucifugous villain.
  2. nocturnal
    • Owls and bats and other such shy and lucifugous creatures.1865, Oakley, Hist. Notes 36

lucifugous meaning in Tamil

lucifugous in Tamil

பகலொளி வெறுக்கின்ற

Forms of lucifugous

comparativemore lucifugous
superlativemost lucifugous

Origin of lucifugous

From Latin lucifugus (“light-fleeing”), from lucere (“to shine”) + fugere (“to flee”). By surface analysis, luci- + -fugous.

Questions about lucifugous

What does lucifugous mean?
Lucifugous means having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun.
What is lucifugous in Tamil?
Lucifugous in Tamil is பகலொளி வெறுக்கின்ற. See Lucifugous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lucifugous?
Lucifugous is an adjective.

Words near lucifugous in the dictionary

  1. lucified
  2. lucifies
  3. luciform
  4. lucifugal
  5. lucifugally
  6. lucifugous
  7. lucifugus
  8. lucify
  9. lucifying
  10. lucigen
  11. lucigenin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lucifugous (page history and authors); lucifugous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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