eventide

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eventide

/ˈiːvənˌtaɪd/

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

noun eventides

archaic, countable, literary, poetic, uncountable Evening. The mist rises from the lake at eventide.
Similar: eve, even, forenight, een, evening, eventide, eveningtide, eveningtime, evetime, undern, vesper, vespertide

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@misc{eventide_2026,
  title = {eventide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eventide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}