noctiferous

From Latin noctifer. By surface analysis, noct- +‎ -iferous.

• IPA^(key): /nɒkˈtɪfəɹəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

noctiferous (not comparable)

1. (rare) night-time; dark like the night.
   • 1855, J. T. Headley, The Keepsake:

     noctiferous confusion in the dark abyss

• “noctiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.