Middle English Dictionary Entry
notur-nightī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | notur-nightī adj. |
| Etymology | ?For nātūr-noughtī.?From nocturn-āl-āl & nightī. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Evil-natured; ?belonging to the night, nocturnal in habits.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)123/18 : Browys, qwan thei be ryght and longe, thei be-tokyn an euylwyllyd man and a noturnyghty, acordyng to femenye nature.