† nyctalopsn.

Forms: 1600s nyctilops, 1600s–1700s nyctalops.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nyctalōps.

Etymology: < classical Latin nyctalōps a person suffering from night blindness, a plant that glows in the dark (both in Pliny) < ancient Greek νυκτάλωψ night blindness, a person suffering from day-blindness (in Hellenistic Greek also day-blindness, a person suffering from night blindness) < νυκτ- , νύξ night (see nycti- comb. form) + ἀλαός blind (of uncertain origin) + -ωψ -ops comb. form; compare the rare forms Byzantine Greek ἀλαωπός (masculine) and ancient Greek ἀλαῶπις (feminine) blind. Compare earlier nyctalope n., and later nyctalopia n. Compare also nyctalopy n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (ni·ktălǫps) /ˈnɪktəlɒps/.

Chiefly Medicine. Obsolete. rare.

1. = nyctalopia n.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness > night blindness

night-blindness1625

nyctalops1661

nyctalopy1661

nyctalopia1684

day sight1811

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 105 The gall cureth the weft in the eye, and nyctalops.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 169 Some use the parts dissected to weake joynts, others against the nyctilops.

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Nyctalopia, or Nyctalops, a disease which prevents the seeing by day, not by night.

2. A person affected with nyctalopia.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness > night blindness > person

nyctalope1601

nyctalops1685

1685 W. Briggs Minute 17 Feb. in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. in Oxf. (1925) IV. 121 A Letter..dated Jan: 22..mention'd another Nyctalops; who being a Scholemaster [etc.].

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Nyctalops, one who sees best in the night.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nyctalops,..2. One who loses his sight as night comes on, and remains blind till morning.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	nyctalops
释义	† nyctalopsn. Forms: 1600s nyctilops, 1600s–1700s nyctalops. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nyctalōps. Etymology: < classical Latin nyctalōps a person suffering from night blindness, a plant that glows in the dark (both in Pliny) < ancient Greek νυκτάλωψ night blindness, a person suffering from day-blindness (in Hellenistic Greek also day-blindness, a person suffering from night blindness) < νυκτ- , νύξ night (see nycti- comb. form) + ἀλαός blind (of uncertain origin) + -ωψ -ops comb. form; compare the rare forms Byzantine Greek ἀλαωπός (masculine) and ancient Greek ἀλαῶπις (feminine) blind. Compare earlier nyctalope n., and later nyctalopia n. Compare also nyctalopy n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (ni·ktălǫps) /ˈnɪktəlɒps/. Chiefly Medicine. Obsolete. rare. 1. = nyctalopia n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness > night blindness night-blindness1625 nyctalops1661 nyctalopy1661 nyctalopia1684 day sight1811 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 105 The gall cureth the weft in the eye, and nyctalops. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 169 Some use the parts dissected to weake joynts, others against the nyctilops. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Nyctalopia, or Nyctalops, a disease which prevents the seeing by day, not by night. 2. A person affected with nyctalopia. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness > night blindness > person nyctalope1601 nyctalops1685 1685 W. Briggs Minute 17 Feb. in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. in Oxf. (1925) IV. 121 A Letter..dated Jan: 22..mention'd another Nyctalops; who being a Scholemaster [etc.]. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Nyctalops, one who sees best in the night. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nyctalops,..2. One who loses his sight as night comes on, and remains blind till morning.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1661
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