eventide

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun 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”) + tīd (“time”). By surface analysis, even + -tide.

There, already approacheth eventide: the sun sinketh. — Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
He was anxious at eventide for company. — The Passionate Elopement, Compton MacKenzie
By the river in the valley at the eventide. — Only a girl's love, Charles Garvice

evening, eve, even

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