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noctivagant

UK/nɒkˈtɪvəɡənt/US/nɑkˈtɪvəɡənt/

noctivagant adjective: walking or wandering in the nighttime, nightwandering.

Adjective

noctivagant (comparative more noctivagant, superlative most noctivagant)

  1. Walking or wandering in the nighttime, nightwandering.
    • […] I therefore think, Sarah, that the incommensurability of the crime with the effect, completely warrants the supersaliency of this noctivagant delinquent.1823, James Hogg, “Peril Second. Leasing. Circle II.”, in The Three Perils of Woman; or, Love, Leasing, and Jealousy. […], volume III, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […]...
    • "Over the city, the suburb, the slum / He rambled from pillar to post, / And backward and forward, observant, though dumb, / As a fleetly noctivagant ghost."1967, Walter Hamilton, Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, Johnson Reprint Corporation, published 1967, page 195

Noun

noctivagant (plural noctivagants)

  1. One who goes walking by night.

noctivagant meaning in Tamil

noctivagant in Tamil

இரவு ஊர்சுற்றி, இரவில் சுற்றித்திரி

Forms of noctivagant

Adjective
comparativemore noctivagant
superlativemost noctivagant
Noun
pluralnoctivagants

Origin of noctivagant

From Late Latin noctivagans, from noctivagare, from Latin nocti- (“night”) + participle form of vagari (“to wander”).

Questions about noctivagant

What does noctivagant mean?
Noctivagant means walking or wandering in the nighttime, nightwandering.
What is noctivagant in Tamil?
Noctivagant in Tamil is இரவு ஊர்சுற்றி, இரவில் சுற்றித்திரி. See Noctivagant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is noctivagant?
Noctivagant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce noctivagant?
Noctivagant is pronounced /nɒkˈtɪvəɡənt/ (UK).

Words near noctivagant in the dictionary

  1. noctilucoid
  2. noctilucous
  3. noctiluminous
  4. noctious
  5. noctiphobia
  6. noctivagant
  7. noctivagants
  8. noctivagate
  9. noctivagated
  10. noctivagates
  11. noctivagating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: noctivagant (page history and authors); noctivagant (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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