acronycal
English
Alternative forms
- achronycal
- acronic
- acronychal
- acronical
- acronichal
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.
Adjective
acronycal (not comparable)
- (astronomy) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star.
Antonyms
- cosmical
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for acronycal under Acronyc in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Derived terms
- acronycally