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- noun Loss of voice during the day.
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super-julia commented on the word nyctophonia
"a form of elective mutism in which s.one/s.thing is able or willing to speak only at night"
~ Christopher Foyle, Foyle's Philavery.
not to be confused with nyctophobia.
August 24, 2008
biocon commented on the word nyctophonia
Nyctophonia is the inability or refusal to speak except at night (Oxford English Dictionary).
September 18, 2011