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Webster 1913 Edition

Noctuary

Noc′tu-a-ry

(?; 135)

,

Noun.

[L.

noctu

by night.]

A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; – distinguished from

diary

.

[R.]

Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Noctuary

NOC'TUARY

,

Noun.

[from L. night.] An account of what passes in the night.

Definition 2024

noctuary

noctuary

English

Noun

noctuary ‎(plural noctuaries)

A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal.
- Joseph Addison
  that ingenious gentleman, who promised me […] some extracts out of his noctuary