lychnobite

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who works or labors at night and sleeps during the day. rare
    — Before the enfeebled of the dull-eyed lychnobite of the press could succumb to its influence, the cheerful voice of the magician awoke him.

词形变化

lychnobites plural

词源

From Ancient Greek λυχνόβιος (lukhnóbios, “living by lamplight”), from λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) + βίος (bíos, “life”); ending analogical to cenobite.
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