Definition of nyctograph in English:

nyctograph

noun ˈnɪktə(ʊ)ɡrafˈnɪktə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf

A device invented by Charles Dodgson (‘Lewis Carroll’) with which a person can record ideas (especially those remaining after sleep) at night in bed without fully waking up.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Lewis Carroll’ (1832–1898), author, mathematician, and photographer (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). From nycto- + -graph. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark, and Hellenistic Greek νυκτογραϕία writing by night.

Definition of nyctograph in US English:

nyctograph

noun

A device invented by Charles Dodgson (‘Lewis Carroll’) with which a person can record ideas (especially those remaining after sleep) at night in bed without fully waking up.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Lewis Carroll’ (1832–1898), author, mathematician, and photographer (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). From nycto- + -graph. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark, and Hellenistic Greek νυκτογραϕία writing by night.

单词	nyctograph
释义	Definition of nyctograph in English: nyctograph noun ˈnɪktə(ʊ)ɡrafˈnɪktə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf A device invented by Charles Dodgson (‘Lewis Carroll’) with which a person can record ideas (especially those remaining after sleep) at night in bed without fully waking up. Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Lewis Carroll’ (1832–1898), author, mathematician, and photographer (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). From nycto- + -graph. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark, and Hellenistic Greek νυκτογραϕία writing by night. Definition of nyctograph in US English: nyctograph noun A device invented by Charles Dodgson (‘Lewis Carroll’) with which a person can record ideas (especially those remaining after sleep) at night in bed without fully waking up. Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Lewis Carroll’ (1832–1898), author, mathematician, and photographer (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). From nycto- + -graph. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark, and Hellenistic Greek νυκτογραϕία writing by night.
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