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nocturnall

nocturnall is the obsolete spelling of nocturnal.

Meaning of nocturnal

Adjective

nocturnal (comparative more nocturnal, superlative most nocturnal)

  1. Of a person, creature, group, or species, primarily active during the night.
    • nocturnal birds
    Antonyms:
    diurnal
  2. Of an occurrence, taking place at night, nightly.
    • a suspicious nocturnal outing

See all 4 meanings of nocturnal

Forms of nocturnall

comparativemore nocturnall
superlativemost nocturnall

Questions about nocturnall

What is nocturnall the obsolete spelling of?
Nocturnall is the obsolete spelling of nocturnal.

Words near nocturnall in the dictionary

  1. nocturnalism
  2. nocturnalist
  3. nocturnalists
  4. nocturnalities
  5. nocturnality
  6. nocturnall
  7. nocturnally
  8. nocturnalness
  9. nocturnals
  10. nocturne
  11. nocturnelike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nocturnall (page history and authors); nocturnal (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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