Nuit
[nɥi]Meaning
French for night, from Latin nox.
Background Story
Nuit is the French word for night, inherited from Middle French nuyt, from Old French noit, from Latin nox. A contributor's submission records it as a feminine given name in British English. Nuit is also the name of a goddess in Thelema, based on the Ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut, and the speaker in the first chapter of The Book of the Law, received by Aleister Crowley in 1904.
Temperament
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