nocturnal

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"I make you a present of it all," I replied, "it will prime you up for your nocturnal orgies."

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or occurring in the night: nocturnal stillness.
  2. adjective Botany Having flowers that open during the night.
  3. adjective Zoology Most active at night: nocturnal animals.

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  • The action is exclusively nocturnal, and so large a place in it is taken by huge and portable candlesticks that it might be called the Tragedy of the Candelabra. —  Henrik Ibsen
  • Dwarf crocodiles are shy, nocturnal, and, not surprisingly, the smallest of crocodile species.
  • They are omnivorous, nocturnal, and fed on organic produce of the highest standard. —  New Statesman
  • Being nocturnal, they did not move from their perch, but did keep their eyes open. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • As someone who is essentially nocturnal, and as someone who made it through University on a diet of Coffee Crisp and espresso, I must say your correspondent is being unrealistic. —  AdSense for Feeds
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin nocturnālis, from Latin nocturnus, from nox, noct-, night; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Spanish nocturnal, from Late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus, of the night: see nocturn. Cf. diurnal.
 

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