lychnobite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) and βίος (bíos, “life”).

Noun

lychnobite (plural lychnobites)

1. (rare) A person who works or labors at night and sleeps during the day.
   • 1887 November 5, Observer Journal (Dunkirk, New York):

     Before the enfeebled of the dull-eyed lychnobite of the press could succumb to its influence, the cheerful voice of the magician awoke him.

   • 1924, John Chipman Farrar, The Literary Spotlight, page 192:

     […] he has listened as a pretended accomplice while sinister lychnobites laid plans over a low back bar-room table for outlaw depredations involving theft and manslaughter.