noun · countable / uncountable · rare

eventide

eventide · eventides

EveningEvening.

/ˈiːvənˌtaɪd/

Meaning

1 senses

(archaic, countable, literary, poetic, uncountable)Evening.
The mist rises from the lake at eventide.

More definitions

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From Middle English eventyde, from Old English ǣfentīd, derived from ǣfen (“evening”) + tī

From Middle English eventyde, from Old English ǣfentīd, derived from ǣfen (“evening”) + tīd (“time”). By surface analysis, even + -tide.

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plural: eventides

Singular	eventide
Plural	eventides

regular

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the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall):evening eve even

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