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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

acronycal en · ADJ

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.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a star) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise.

Forms

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acronichal alternative lexicographic
acronical alternative lexicographic
acronic alternative lexicographic
achronycal alternative lexicographic
acronychal alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

cosmical

Deriveds

acronycally