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vesper¹

  • /ˈvɛspɚ/ US
  • /ˈvɛspə/ UK

Where it comes from

From Old French vespre, from Latin vesper (“evening star”). The martini name was coined by English novelist Ian Fleming in 1953 in his novel Casino Royale, where fictional secret agent James Bond concocts the recipe and names it after the character Vesper Lynd. Doublet of west.

noun vespers

  1. The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
  2. poetic The evening. In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, / It perch'd for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, / Glimmered the white Moon-shine.
  3. A vesper martini. ‘I think it’s a fine name,’ said Bond. An idea struck him. ‘Can I borrow it?’ He explained about the special martini he had invented and his search for a name for it. ‘The Vesper,’ he said. ‘It sounds perfect and it’s very appropriate to the violet hour when my cocktail will now be drunk all over th
  4. A vesper bat. Almost all vespers are insect catchers.

adjective

  1. not comparable, poetic Evening. On Sumter’s rampart, that sweet eve, / I heard the vesper bugle play […]

Vesper²

  • /ˈvɛspɚ/ US
  • /ˈvɛspə/ UK

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin vesper (“evening star”).

proper noun

  1. The planet Venus as the evening star. Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus

    Similar: Hesperus, evenstar, Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus

Vesper³

  • /ˈvɛspɚ/ US
  • /ˈvɛspə/ UK

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Vesper.

proper noun Vespers

  1. A surname from German.

Vesper⁴

  • /ˈvɛspɚ/ US
  • /ˈvɛspə/ UK

Where it comes from

Unknown.

proper noun

  1. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

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@misc{vesper_2026,
  title = {vesper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vesper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}