"eventide" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈiːvənˌtaɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-eventide.wav Forms: eventides [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English eventyde, from Old English ǣfentīd, derived from ǣfen (“evening”) + tīd (“time”). By surface analysis, even + -tide. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|eventyde}} Middle English eventyde, {{inh|en|ang|ǣfentīd}} Old English ǣfentīd, {{surf|en|even|-tide|id1=evening|id2=time}} By surface analysis, even + -tide Head templates: {{en-noun}} eventide (plural eventides)
  1. (archaic, poetic, literary) Evening. Tags: archaic, literary, poetic Derived forms: eventide home Related terms: evenstar
    Sense id: en-eventide-en-noun-5ohbvUu0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -tide (time), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Times of day Synonyms: eve#Noun, even#Noun, forenight#Noun, een [Scotland, poetic], eve [archaic, poetic], even [archaic, poetic], evening, eventide [archaic, poetic], eveningtide [archaic, poetic], eveningtime [colloquial], evetime [poetic], forenight [Scotland], undern [UK, dialectal], vesper [poetic], vespertide [archaic, poetic]

Inflected forms

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