nyctophile
Jun. 8th, 2015 07:56 amTheme week: lovers.
nyctophile (NIK-tuh-fayl) - n., one who loves or prefers nighttime or darkness.
Those who love the night (which sounds like an epithet for vampires but never mind). Coined from Greek roots nyktos, night + philia, fondness/preference -- which last root we'll be seeing all week.
---L.
nyctophile (NIK-tuh-fayl) - n., one who loves or prefers nighttime or darkness.
Those who love the night (which sounds like an epithet for vampires but never mind). Coined from Greek roots nyktos, night + philia, fondness/preference -- which last root we'll be seeing all week.
---L.