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noctivagant
May. 11th, 2016 07:46 amnoctivagant (nok-TIV-uh-guhnt) - adj., wandering or walking about at night. n., someone who wanders at night.
One usage citation I came across is "Unhappily, we lost the big fellow, Smirke, to noctivagant predators some days back," which sounds like a perfect example. Not very common. Adopted from Late Latin, from the past participle of noctivagare, from Latin nocti-, night + vagari, to wander -- though going from -ari to -are makes me head-scratch: was that a common change in medieval Latin?
---L.
One usage citation I came across is "Unhappily, we lost the big fellow, Smirke, to noctivagant predators some days back," which sounds like a perfect example. Not very common. Adopted from Late Latin, from the past participle of noctivagare, from Latin nocti-, night + vagari, to wander -- though going from -ari to -are makes me head-scratch: was that a common change in medieval Latin?
---L.
