noctivagousadj.

Brit.

/nɒkˈtɪvəɡəs/, U.S.

/nɑkˈtɪvəɡəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin noctivagus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin noctivagus that wanders or roams about at night ( < nocti- nocti- comb. form + vagus : see vagous adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier noctivagant adj.

Now rare.

That wanders or roams about at night.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > at night

night-wandering1560

noctivagant1614

noctivagous1709

1709 W. King Useful Trans. in Philos. Mar.–Apr. 45 Numbers of them [sc. prostitutes, represented as migratory birds] pour themselves down from Drury-Lane, and the Nests adjacent upon Covent Garden,..where they become Ambulatory and Noctivagous.

1709 W. King Useful Trans. in Philos. May–Sept. 3 Bats, Owls, and other noctivagous Creatures.

1843 F. E. Paget Pageant 144 Beasts of prey, burglars, and ladies of fashion are the only three kinds of noctivagous mammalia.

1897 ‘F. H. Williams’ Matin Bells viii. 534 She is ‘Wicked Bet’, a noctivagous curse, With her easy And greasy Devices to get Her serpent constrictions round person and purse.

c1901 R. Knox Let. in E. Waugh Life R. Knox (1959) 61 Your photograph of me gracefully propped like a belated noctivagous reveller against the corrugated lithological specimen in the garden.

1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2941/2 The fox is a noctivagant..or noctivagous..animal, that is, one that roams about at night.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	noctivagous
释义	noctivagousadj. Brit. /nɒkˈtɪvəɡəs/, U.S. /nɑkˈtɪvəɡəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin noctivagus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin noctivagus that wanders or roams about at night ( < nocti- nocti- comb. form + vagus : see vagous adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier noctivagant adj. Now rare. That wanders or roams about at night. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > at night night-wandering1560 noctivagant1614 noctivagous1709 1709 W. King Useful Trans. in Philos. Mar.–Apr. 45 Numbers of them [sc. prostitutes, represented as migratory birds] pour themselves down from Drury-Lane, and the Nests adjacent upon Covent Garden,..where they become Ambulatory and Noctivagous. 1709 W. King Useful Trans. in Philos. May–Sept. 3 Bats, Owls, and other noctivagous Creatures. 1843 F. E. Paget Pageant 144 Beasts of prey, burglars, and ladies of fashion are the only three kinds of noctivagous mammalia. 1897 ‘F. H. Williams’ Matin Bells viii. 534 She is ‘Wicked Bet’, a noctivagous curse, With her easy And greasy Devices to get Her serpent constrictions round person and purse. c1901 R. Knox Let. in E. Waugh Life R. Knox (1959) 61 Your photograph of me gracefully propped like a belated noctivagous reveller against the corrugated lithological specimen in the garden. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2941/2 The fox is a noctivagant..or noctivagous..animal, that is, one that roams about at night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1709
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