eventide

e·ven·tide  (vn-td)

n.

Evening.

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[Middle English, from Old English fentd : fen, evening + td, time; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

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eventide

Noun

Archaic or poetic evening

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

eventide - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" even, evening, eve daylight, daytime, day - the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" guest night - an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests sundown, sunset - the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, fall - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"