What does nyctophile mean?
Nyctophile means Someone who loves the night or darkness..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Someone who loves the night or darkness..
He reads—he writes—late into the night. It's his way. He's a night person. A 'nyctophile' he calls himself.
Altogether, these four varieties of nyctophiles chewed great hunks out of my sleeping time, and accounted for many of my less charitable thoughts, during the hours that the "general populace" was enjoying restful "shut-eye"'.
Britain will not see a total solar eclipse until September 23, 2090, but there are a plethora of partial eclipses in the meantime to keep nyctophiles content.
Case 25. The Nycteres of Africa, and the Petalias of Java; the Nyctophiles of Australia; the Barbastelles and long-eared bats of Europe; and the true bat and Scotophiles, which are scattered over different parts of the world, and the Lasiures of America.
Use nyctophile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nyctophile means Someone who loves the night or darkness..
Common synonyms include nyctophiliac.
Possible antonyms include nyctophobe.
He reads—he writes—late into the night. It's his way. He's a night person. A 'nyctophile' he calls himself.
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