vespertide
\ VES-per-tahyd \ , noun;
1.the period of vespers; evening.
Quotes:
There must the baron rest/ till past the hour of vesper-tide ,/ And then to Holy-Rood must ride…
-- Sir Walter Scott, Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field , 1808
In the Park Avenue penthouse of Publisher Condé Nast, at vespertide Nov. 29, some 340 international celebrities jovially jostled and joked and juggled canapes in pre-Christmas camaraderie.
-- "Life Goes to a Party," Life , December 23, 1940
Origin:
Vespertide comes from the Latin word for "evening star" or "evening," vesper . The second element, tide , refers to a season or period in the course of the year, day, etc., and is used chiefly in combination. Vespertide entered English in the early 1800s.
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