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noctuary

noctuary noun: a record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal.

Noun

noctuary (plural noctuaries)

  1. A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal.
    • that ingenious gentleman, who promised me […] some extracts out of his noctuary1714 September 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, August 27, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 586; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a...

Forms of noctuary

pluralnoctuaries

Origin of noctuary

From Latin noctu (“by night”). Compare diary.

Questions about noctuary

What does noctuary mean?
Noctuary means a record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal.
What part of speech is noctuary?
Noctuary is a noun.
What is the plural of noctuary?
The plural of noctuary is noctuaries.

Words near noctuary in the dictionary

  1. noctophobia
  2. noctovision
  3. noctovisor
  4. noctovisors
  5. noctuaries
  6. noctuary
  7. noctuid
  8. noctuidous
  9. noctuids
  10. noctuiform
  11. noctuine

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