Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The whole natural day, or day and night, consisting of twenty-four hours.
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- noun A period of one
day and onenight , adate : in the West, this is a period of 24 consecutive hours.
Etymologies
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Examples
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SNAIL'S TALES: A thelemic gallimaufry for this pulchritudinous nychthemeron skip to main
A thelemic gallimaufry AYDIN 2008
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A thelemic gallimaufry for this pulchritudinous nychthemeron
A thelemic gallimaufry AYDIN 2008
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He, finding the English word _day_ employed in the measurement of the intervals, takes it for granted that this must mean a _nychthemeron_ of twenty-four hours; imports, therefore, into the biblical text this conceit; fights for his own opinion, as for a revelation from heaven; and thus disfigures the great inaugural chapter of human history with this single feature of a fairy-tale, where everything else is told with the most majestic simplicity.
Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
gwaldon commented on the word nychthemeron
a 24 hour period
December 7, 2006
dbmag9 commented on the word nychthemeron
Why don't more people know this word? It is useful, and has a simple enough meaning; once you get past the Hellenic-derived spelling it is relatively easy to pronounce; what could be the problem? Perhaps it suffers the ill fortune of not being Anglo-Saxon, and thus losing out on the head start that such words as "day" and "night" have. Do it a favour. Take "nychthemeron" home today.
December 7, 2006
silas commented on the word nychthemeron
"A full period of day and night; 24 hours."
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