vespertine

[ ves-per-tin, -tahyn ]

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.

  2. Botany. opening or expanding in the evening, as certain flowers.

  1. Zoology. appearing or flying in the early evening; crepuscular.

Origin of vespertine

1
1495–1505; <Latin vespertīnus, equivalent to vespervesper + -tīnus adj. suffix
  • Also ves·per·ti·nal [ves-per-tahyn-l]. /ˌvɛs pərˈtaɪn l/.

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How to use vespertine in a sentence

  • Up Broadway Chandler moved with the vespertine dress parade.

    The Four Million | O. Henry
  • The vespertine hour was nigh, and over this iron landscape there floated the moon, an opal button in the sky.

    Visionaries | James Huneker
  • Odors from strong bacon and boiling coffee contended against the cut-plug fumes from the vespertine pipe.

    The Trimmed Lamp | O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for vespertine

vespertine

/ (ˈvɛspəˌtaɪn) /


adjective
  1. botany zoology appearing, opening, or active in the evening: vespertine flowers

  2. occurring in the evening or (esp of stars) appearing or setting in the evening

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