Definitions for nocturnal

nocturnal noc·tur·nal

Spelling: [nok-tur-nl]
IPA: /nɒkˈtɜr nl/

Nocturnal is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 357 anagrams from letters in nocturnal (aclnnortu).

Definitions for nocturnal

noun

  1. Archaic. an astrolabe for telling time at night or for determining latitude by the position of certain stars in reference to Polaris.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
  2. done, occurring, or coming at night:
  3. active at night (opposed to diurnal):
  4. opening by night and closing by day, as certain flowers (opposed to diurnal).

Origin of nocturnal

From the Late Latin word nocturnālis, dating back to 1475-85. See nocturn, -al1

Examples for nocturnal

Wretched about one son, he was dismayed at the nocturnal visit of the other.

Dennis was recovering from a downturn in his life—wild drugs, hospital, and a nocturnal escape organized by Jack Nicholson.

I will admit, however, they made for some spectacular views of nocturnal Baghdad in its orange bath of streetlights.

With our long immigration stalemate, it is currently, and perhaps eternally, a nocturnal river.

Have you come to pay us a nocturnal visit, or—there's nothing the matter?

Coffeehouses stayed open late, while in the countryside, “spinning bees”—nocturnal gatherings of women—were enduringly popular.

Do not they sometimes favour the world with these nocturnal shriekings?

But Vose was not yet through with his nocturnal experiences.

As the sun was setting, we made our way back, along a highway furrowed by hippos during their nocturnal forages.

It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to dancing and the theft of children.

Word Value for nocturnal
Scrable

11

Words with friends

16

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