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trinoctial

trinoctial adjective: lasting for three nights.

Adjective

trinoctial (not comparable)

  1. Lasting for three nights.

Origin of trinoctial

from Latin trinoctialis (“for three nights”), from tri- + nox, noctis (“night”).

Questions about trinoctial

What does trinoctial mean?
Trinoctial means lasting for three nights.
What part of speech is trinoctial?
Trinoctial is an adjective.

Words near trinoctial in the dictionary

  1. Trinneer
  2. Trinnetta
  3. Trinnettas
  4. Trinnick
  5. Trinobantes
  6. trinoctial
  7. trinocular
  8. trinoculars
  9. trinoda necessitas
  10. trinodal
  11. trinogamous

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