noctivagant

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin noctivagans, from noctivagare, from Latin nocti- (“night”) + participle form of vagari (“to wander”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /nɒkˈtɪvəɡənt/ (US) IPA(key): /nɑkˈtɪvəɡənt/ === Adjective === noctivagant (comparative more noctivagant, superlative most noctivagant) Walking or wandering in the nighttime, nightwandering. [from 17th c.] ==== Translations ==== === Noun === noctivagant (plural noctivagants) One who goes walking by night. === See also === mundivagant solivagant === References === "noctivagant" in A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and Meaning, Thomas Sheridan, 1790.