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vespertine

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Adjective
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ves=per=tine

CIDE DICTIONARY

vespertinea. [L. vespertinus. See Vesper.].
  •  Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening.  Gray.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Blossoming in the evening.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vespertine, adj.
1 Bot. (of a flower) opening in the evening.
2 Zool. active in the evening.
3 Astron. setting near the time of sunset.
4 of or occurring in the evening.

Etymology
L vespertinus f. vesper evening

ROGET THESAURUS

vespertine

Evening

N evening, eve, decline of day, fall of day, close of day, candlelight, candlelighting, eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour, sunset, sundown, going down of the sun, cock-shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime, afternoon, postmeridian, p, m, autumn, fall, fall of the leaf, autumnal equinox, Indian summer, St. Luke's summer, St. Martin's summer, midnight, dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night, winter, killing time, vespertine, autumnal, nocturnal, midnight, the outpost of advancing day, sable-vested Night, this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd.


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