English Explanatory Dictionary

lucifugous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun.
  2. nocturnal

Word forms

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Etymology

From Latin lucifugus (“light-fleeing”), from lucere (“to shine”) + fugere (“to flee”). By surface analysis, luci- + -fugous.

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