Lychnobite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lychnobite is a noun meaning (rare) A person who works or labors at night and sleeps during the day.
Meaning
(rare) A person who works or labors at night and sleeps during the day.
Example Sentences
Before the enfeebled of the dull-eyed lychnobite of the press could succumb to its influence, the cheerful voice of the magician awoke him.
[…] he has listened as a pretended accomplice while sinister lychnobites laid plans over a low back bar-room table for outlaw depredations involving theft and manslaughter.
Word Forms
- lychnobites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nighthawk, librocubicularist, lusk, noctambulist, nighter, night-man.
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