Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wandering in the night: as, a noctivagant animal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Going about in the night; night-wandering.
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- adjective
Walking orwandering in thenighttime .
Etymologies
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From Latin noctis ("night") + vagans, p.pr. of vagari ("to wander").
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whichbe commented on the word noctivagant
Going about in the night; night-wandering.
August 27, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word noctivagant
I am prone to this. What would be the verb? Noctivagation? I have a similar problem with peripatetic - peripateticism, I suppose...
June 13, 2009
Jubjub commented on the word noctivagant
(12 months late) Peripate?
June 10, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word noctivagant
The meaning of this word escaped me one night.
June 10, 2010