acronycal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise.

Word forms

acronycal achronycal acronic acronychal acronical acronichal

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκρονυξ (ákronux, “nightfall”) + -al, one of the three poetic times for the rising and setting of stars, along with cosmical and heliacal.

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