† nyctalopen.adj.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French nyctalope; Latin nyctalōp-, nyctalōps.

Etymology: < Middle French, French nyctalope someone with poor night vision (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny; compare quot. 1601 at sense A., also translating Pliny), a herb that shines in the dark, a night-wandering creature (1611 in Cotgrave), someone who sees well only at night (1765) and its etymon classical Latin nyctalōp-, nyctalōps (Pliny, in the passage translated in quot. 1601 at sense A.) < ancient Greek νυκτάλωπ- , νυκτάλωψ (see nyctalops n.). Compare Portuguese nictalope (1783 as †nyctalope), Spanish nictálope (1787).The noun use is almost always found in the plural form nyctalopes , and this may originally have been intended as a Latinate plural of nyctalops n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (ni·ktălō^u·p) /ˈnɪktələʊp/.

Obsolete.

A. n.

A person or animal affected with nyctalopia.Chiefly in plural (see etymological note).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness > night blindness > person

nyctalope1601

nyctalops1685

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. xi. 325 Such as be dim-sighted and see little or nothing toward night (whome the Greeks call Nyctalopes). [margin] Nyctalopes, are they also called, who see better in the night than by day: according as the word importeth.

1754 Med. Observ. & Inquiries (1776) I. xiii. 119 Of the Nyctalopes of the Ancients.

1764 W. India Dis. 61 Neither do any of the Nyctalopes complain of head-achs.

1801 H. L. Piozzi Diary 7 Apr. in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) II. 1015 We parted..at ye Lodgings of Miss Hervey the Nyctalope, an Albinos shown for a Show this Winter, with white Hair & Red Eyes like a Rabbet.

1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 114/2 In the 2nd book of his ‘Prædicta’, he [sc. Hippocrates] says, ‘We call those nyctalopes who see by night’.

B. adj.

Able to see at night. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > able to see at night

night-eyed1605

nocturnal1840

nyctalope1848

1848 W. Vrolik in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 219/1 This great development in a nyctalope animal is an interesting fact.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nyctalope
释义	† nyctalopen.adj. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French nyctalope; Latin nyctalōp-, nyctalōps. Etymology: < Middle French, French nyctalope someone with poor night vision (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny; compare quot. 1601 at sense A., also translating Pliny), a herb that shines in the dark, a night-wandering creature (1611 in Cotgrave), someone who sees well only at night (1765) and its etymon classical Latin nyctalōp-, nyctalōps (Pliny, in the passage translated in quot. 1601 at sense A.) < ancient Greek νυκτάλωπ- , νυκτάλωψ (see nyctalops n.). Compare Portuguese nictalope (1783 as †nyctalope), Spanish nictálope (1787).The noun use is almost always found in the plural form nyctalopes , and this may originally have been intended as a Latinate plural of nyctalops n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (ni·ktălō^u·p) /ˈnɪktələʊp/. Obsolete. A. n. A person or animal affected with nyctalopia.Chiefly in plural (see etymological note). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness > night blindness > person nyctalope1601 nyctalops1685 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. xi. 325 Such as be dim-sighted and see little or nothing toward night (whome the Greeks call Nyctalopes). [margin] Nyctalopes, are they also called, who see better in the night than by day: according as the word importeth. 1754 Med. Observ. & Inquiries (1776) I. xiii. 119 Of the Nyctalopes of the Ancients. 1764 W. India Dis. 61 Neither do any of the Nyctalopes complain of head-achs. 1801 H. L. Piozzi Diary 7 Apr. in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) II. 1015 We parted..at ye Lodgings of Miss Hervey the Nyctalope, an Albinos shown for a Show this Winter, with white Hair & Red Eyes like a Rabbet. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 114/2 In the 2nd book of his ‘Prædicta’, he [sc. Hippocrates] says, ‘We call those nyctalopes who see by night’. B. adj. Able to see at night. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > able to see at night night-eyed1605 nocturnal1840 nyctalope1848 1848 W. Vrolik in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 219/1 This great development in a nyctalope animal is an interesting fact. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1601
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