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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--lychnobite This week's theme: words related to sleep. lychnobite (LIK-nuh-byt) noun One who works at night and sleeps during the day. [From Greek lychnos (lamp) + bios (life).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Before the enfeebled of the dull-eyed lychnobite of the press could succumb to its influence, the cheerful voice of the magician awoke him." Observer Journal (Dunkirk, New York); Nov 5, 1887. X-Bonus Crown: A headgear that makes the head superfluous. -Gabriel Laub, author (1928-1998)

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