eventide

[ ee-vuhn-tahyd ]

noun

1. evening.

eventide

/ ˈiːvənˌtaɪd /

noun

1. archaic.
   another word for evening

Word History and Origins

Origin of eventide¹

before 950; Middle English; Old English ǣfentīd. See even ², tide ²

Example Sentences

On this sweet lawn the inmates and guests walked for sun and mellow air, and often played bowls at eventide.

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On the surface of the lake at eventide, there lay how sweet a sadness!

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Thus was slipping away the eventide of the day that God, in his infinite condescension aeons ago, had hallowed and blessed.

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Sometimes he drives his flock home at eventide; sometimes he bivouacs sub jove frigido, under the cold heaven of night.

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All Florence turns out at eventide, but we avoid the slow crowds on the Lung' Arno, and take our way "up all manner of streets."

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