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vespertinal, a.|vɛspəˈtaɪnəl|
[ad. late L. vespertīnāl-is, f. L. vespertīnus: see next and -al1. Cf. obs. F. vespertinal, -el.]
= next.
1839Fraser's Mag. XIX. 469 All my troubles, cares, anxieties, perplexities—matutinal, meridional, and vespertinal. 1849Thoreau Week Concord Riv. 119 The vespertinal pout had already begun to flit on leathern fin. 1854Lowell Cambridge 30 Yrs. Ago Prose Wks. 1890 I. 90 F. became purely vespertinal, never stirring abroad till after dark. 1901Athenæum 28 Dec. 876/3 Vespertinal events..might be dated in Saxon times in four different ways. |