Meaning of noctivagant | Babel Free
nɒkˈtɪvəɡəntDefinitions
Walking or wandering in the nighttime, nightwandering.
Examples
“[…] I therefore think⟳, Sarah, that the incommensurability of the crime with the effect, completely warrants the supersaliency of this noctivagant delinquent.”
“"Over the city, the suburb, the slum / He rambled from pillar to post⟳, / And backward and forward⟳, observant, though dumb, / As a fleetly noctivagant ghost."”
“Unhappily, we lost the big fellow, Smirke, to noctivagant predators some days back […]”
“"Not merely nocturnal but noctivagant, a nightwalker, a prowler, a nomad of the midnight streets, attempting to abolish the distinction between the light⟳ that comes from outside and the sort⟳ that shines within."”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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