Meanings
adjectivenoctiferous (not comparable)
- not comparablerarenight-time; dark like the night.
noctiferous confusion in the dark abyss
1855, J. T. Headley, The Keepsake
Origin
- Latinnoctifer
- Englishnoctiferous
From Latin noctifer. By surface analysis, noct- + -iferous.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
French noctifère
- noctifère(obsolete) bringing night
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with noctiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
All rhymes →Cite this entry
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noctiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noctiferous
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“noctiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noctiferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noctiferous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noctiferous.
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