nocturn
noun
noc·turn ˈnäk-ˌtərn 
: a principal division of the office of matins
Word History
Etymology
Middle English nocturne, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin nocturnus, going back to Latin, feminine of nocturnus "of the night" — more at nocturnal
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
- hard waste
- hard wheat
- hard-and-fast
- hard-ass
- hard-assed
- hard-bark hickory
- hard-bill
- hard-bitten
- hard-boil
- hard-boiled
- hard-boiledness
- hard-boiling
- hard-boils
- hard-burned brick
- hard-charging
- hard-coated
- hard-cooked
- hard-core
- hard-drawn
- hard-drinking
- hard-driving
- hard-earned
- hard-edge
- hard-edged
- hard-eyed