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Definition of Nocturnal

Nocturnal

  1. Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.
  2. Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.
  3. An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.

Nocturnal Quotations

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?
Manuel Puig

With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear of fine sand.
Federico Garcia Lorca

Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life.
Irwin Shaw

I'm nocturnal when it comes to recording - I'm just more creative at night.
Big Boi
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Nocturnal Translations

nocturnal in Dutch is nachtelijk
nocturnal in French is nocturne
nocturnal in Italian is notturno
nocturnal in Spanish is nocturno
nocturnal in Swedish is nattlig

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