Word of the Day – Lucifugous

Lucifugous (adj)

loo-sif-ug-us

Shunning the light (of a creature).

Mid 17th century: from Latin lucifugus (from lux, luc- ‘light’ + fugere ‘to fly’) + -ous.

Example sentences

“We don’t see him during the day time, but he’s in his garden at night. It’s as though he’s lucifugous.”