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Vespertinal

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ves·per·tine  (vspr-tn) also ves·per·ti·nal (vspr-tnl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or occurring in the evening.
2. Botany Opening or blooming in the evening.
3. Zoology Becoming active in the evening, as bats and owls; crepuscular.
[Latin vespertnus, from vesper, evening; see vesper.]


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He grows vespertinal in his habits as the evening of life approaches, till at last he comes forth only just before sundown, and gets all the walk that he requires in half an hour.
Walking by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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