† antelucan.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin antelūcānus.

Etymology: Apparently < classical Latin antelūcānus (see antelucan adj.), after noctiluca n.

Obsolete. rare.

Perhaps: the period before dawn.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > last hour of night, pre-dawn, or cockcrow

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1696 J. Evelyn Let. 30 Mar. in Diary & Corr. (1859) III. 348 He brought the phosphorus and anteluca to the clearest light that ever any did.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	anteluca
释义	† antelucan. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin antelūcānus. Etymology: Apparently < classical Latin antelūcānus (see antelucan adj.), after noctiluca n. Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: the period before dawn. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > last hour of night, pre-dawn, or cockcrow cockcrowc1300 cockcrowingc1384 cocklighta1625 anteluca1696 fore-dawn1884 pre-dawn1930 1696 J. Evelyn Let. 30 Mar. in Diary & Corr. (1859) III. 348 He brought the phosphorus and anteluca to the clearest light that ever any did. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1696
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