mesonoxian

English

Etymology

From meso- (“middle”) +‎ Latin nox (“night”) +‎ -ian.

Adjective

mesonoxian (not comparable)

1. (rare, humorous) midnight
   • 2014, Malcolm James Thomson, TheodoraLand:

     A tumble would have had serious consequences. It had been unforgivable recklessness, but also tremendously sexy. YouTube found the graphic documentation of my mesonoxian madness too explicit but it was present on a few other video sites […]

   • 2014, Paula Brackston, The Midnight Witch:

     Glancing at the gold clock on the mantelpiece I see that it is already midnight, the most potent time of night for Lazarus witches, so that all our most important events are timed to start to coincide with the mesonoxian hour.

   • 2015, Dena M. Ferrari, Charmed Times Three, page 110:

     Mesonoxian wanderer, bathed in moonlit shadows […]

Usage notes

• Mostly known from its appearance in a popular list of unusual English words.

Related terms

• equinox
• meso-