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单词 noctuary
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noctuaryn.

Brit. /ˈnɒktjʊəri/, /ˈnɒktʃʊəri/, U.S. /ˈnɑktʃəˌwɛri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin noctū , noct- , nox , -ary suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin noctū by night, ablative or locative of an unattested 4th-declension variant of noct-, nox night (see nocti- comb. form) + -ary suffix1, after diary n.
An account of what happens during a particular night or particular nights.
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society > communication > record > written record > daily record or journal > [noun] > other types of journal
book of remembrance1465
commentary1531
notebook1565
tablebook1582
remembrance booka1627
stam-book1662
memorandum book1683
memorandum paper1710
noctuary1714
workbook1766
memorandum tablet1774
journalet1776
birthday book1806
tickler1808
remembrancer1843
war diary1917
worksheet1925
pillow book1928
memory board1955
Daytimer1960
1714 Spectator No. 586. ⁋10 I have got a Parcel of Visions and other Miscellanies in my Noctuary.
1812 R. Southey Omniana II. cxcii. 61 It stands thus in a diary or rather noctuary of dreams.
1910 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 594/2 My sceptical friends..say I kept myself awake on purpose to write this noctuary.
1993 Independent (Nexis) 30 Jan. (Weekend section) 29 If Gerald Kersh is remembered at all, it is for Night and the City, published in 1938; a noctuary of events in a mythic Soho underworld.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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