noctuary

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noun

A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal.

OriginLatin noctu →
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Meanings

nounnoctuary (plural noctuaries)

plural noctuaries

  1. A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal.

    that ingenious gentleman, who promised me […] some extracts out of his noctuary

    1714 September 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, August 27, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 586; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinnoctu“by night”
  2. Englishnoctuary

From Latin noctu (“by night”). Compare diary.

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APA

noctuary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noctuary

MLA

“noctuary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noctuary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noctuary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noctuary.

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