Definition of Nightbird

1. Noun. A person who likes to be active late at night.

Exact synonyms: Night Owl, Nighthawk
Generic synonyms: Individualist

Definition of Nightbird

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of night bird) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nightbird

night snake
night soil
night soil man
night soil men
night stick
night sweats
night terror
night terrors
night vision
night watch
night watches
night watchman
night watchman state
night watchmen
night wind
nightbird (current term)
nightbreak
nightcap
nightcaps
nightclothes
nightclub
nightclubbed
nightclubber
nightclubbers
nightclubbing
nightclubby
nightclublike
nightclubs
nightcrawler
nightcrawlers

Literary usage of Nightbird

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles ( Dickens (1865)
"... hovering about tho sloppy bar failed to discern at a glance in the passion-wasted nightbird with respectable feathers, the worst nightbird of all. ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Philomel or Philomela (poetic), nightbird (contextual); spec, bul- bul. nightly, a. 1. nocturnal (more learned or technical than "nightly"), night (the noun ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1843)
"The sky-lark and the nightbird sing To you their hymns of love ; And Sylphs that wanton on the wing, Embrace your blooms above. ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1869)
"... of music and swept it to the silent north, along with the desolate cry of the nightbird on the marsh and the faint flash of the waters over the weir. ..."

5. Lectures on Poetry by John William Mackail (1911)
"... The crescent moon cleaves with its glittering prow The clouds, or nightbird sings from shady bough, But in plain daylight! " The spirit of the place, ..."

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