dilucular

D2I1L1U1C3U1L1A1R1
US/daɪˈluːkjəlɚ/

adjective

Of or pertaining to dawn.

Opposite
Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivedilucular (comparative more dilucular, superlative most dilucular)

comparative more dilucular · superlative most dilucular

  1. Of or pertaining to dawn.

    ...and there is a tale of his grappling with a fierce mastiff which attacked him before daylight in the garden of a house where he was staying—for Barrow was another of the dilucular students.

    1911, Douglas Macleane, Famous Sermons by English Preachers, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd.
    1 more example

    It has been reserved for the last 20 years to recognize that in the XV century, or what may be called the late dilucular period of modern music, England held the undoubted hegemony of musical Europe ...

    1910, C. Maclean, “The Dunstable Inscription in London”, in Sammelbände Der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft, volume 11, number 2, pages 232–249

    Synonyms: auroral, aurorean, eoan · Antonyms: crepuscular

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to dawn.

Opposite

Origin

  1. Latindīlūculum
  2. Englishdilucular

Learned borrowing from Latin dīlūculum + -ar.

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APA

dilucular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilucular

MLA

“dilucular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilucular. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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