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noctiferous
noctiferous adj.
Brit. 
/nɒkˈtɪf(ə)rəs/
, /nɒkˈtɪf(ə)rəs/U.S. /nɑkˈtɪf(ə)rəs/
[compare earlier somniferous adj.] bringing or presaging night./nɑkˈtɪf(ə)rəs/ΘΚΠ
the world > time > day and night > night > [adjective] > that brings night
noctiferous1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Noctiferous, that betokens or brings night, the evening Star.
1852 De Bow's Rev. Apr. 366 Opium..this honesty-corrupting, no less than noctiferous drug.
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- to give a person a etc seeing to
- to give a person a fall
- to give a person a foot
- to give a person a good seeing to
- to give a person a hand up
- to give a person a hard time
- to give a person a leg up
- to give a person a look-over
- to give a person a lookover
- to give a person a meeting
- to give a person a pain
- to give a person a pain in the etc
- to give a person a pain in the in the arse
- to give a person a pain in the neck
- to give a person a piece of one's mind
- to give a person a pig of his etc own sow
- to give a person a pig of his her own sow
- to give a person a pig of his own sow
- to give a person a rattle
- to give a person a roasting
- to give a person a run for etc money
- to give a person a run for her money
- to give a person a run for his money
- to give a person a runaround
- to give a person a rush