Definition of Night owl

1. Noun. A person who likes to be active late at night.

Exact synonyms: Nightbird, Nighthawk
Generic synonyms: Individualist

Definition of Night owl

1. Noun. (idiomatic) One who stays up late at night or goes to bed late. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Owl

night hawk
night hawks
night heron
night hospital
night jasmine
night jessamine
night latch
night letter
night light
night lizard
night lizards
night myopia
night night
night out
night owl (current term)
night owls
night pain
night people
night person
night porter
night raven
night rider
night school
night schools
night shift
night sight
night snake
night soil
night soil man

Literary usage of Night owl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1840)
"NIGHT-OWL. Bill short, strong, very deep, its upper outline decurved from the base; lower mandible abruptly rounded, with a notch on each side. ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"The display of society banners, badges, and mottoes was numerically fine, tho most common being those of Turner Societies exhibiting an ogling night owl ..."

3. Out-doors at Idlewild; Or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1855)
"LETTER LIIL Cedar-Trees and their Secrets—Bird-Presence about Home—Our Night-Owl—A Bird's Claim on Hospitality—Difference between City and Country ..."

4. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"... mice and other small mammalia, as well as insects; and their flight, like the other nocturnal species, is buoyant and noiseless. TENGMALM'S NIGHT-OWL. ..."

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