nox

Meanings

Plural: noces, noctes, nox, noxes

Noun

Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night.
millilux (unit of illuminance)
Alternative form of NOx (nitrogen oxides)
Abbreviation of nitrous oxide.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts
Proto-Italic *nokts
Latin noxlbor.
English nox
Learned borrowing from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Synonyms

Night

Scrabble Score: 10

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