vespertinal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vespertine + -al
Adjective
[edit]vespertinal (not comparable)
- Vespertine; occurring in the evening.
- 1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC:
- F . became purely vespertinal, never stirring abroad till after dark
- (botany, zoology) Opening or active in the evening.
References
[edit]- “vespertinal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.