eventiden.

Brit.

/ˈiːvntʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈivənˌtaɪd/

Forms: see even n.¹ and tide n.; also Old English hæfentid (perhaps transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: even n.¹, tide n.

Etymology: < even n.¹ + tide n. Compare early modern Dutch avondtijd (1558; compare Middle Dutch avondtijds, adverb), Middle Low German āventtīt, Old High German ābandzīt (Middle High German ābentzīt, German Abendzeit).

Now chiefly archaic, literary, and poetic.

1. The time of the evening; evening. In later use chiefly in at eventide.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun]

evenOE

eventideOE

eveningOE

eventimeOE

evea1250

evetimec1300

even whilea1375

evetidea1382

supper timec1390

supper whilea1425

forenight1513

evening-tide1521

supperwardc1563

after-supperc1596

Vesperugo1600

vesper1613

far-day1650

eveg1675

evg1777

dew-falla1822

OE Dream of Rood 68 Ongunnon him þa sorhleoð galan earme on þa æfentide.

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. x. 83 Ic wæs abysgod, & eac me afeoll seo æfentid [OE Hatton eac asah seo æfentid] þæs dæges.

c1330 Sir Degare (Auch.) l. 218 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 294 Þe maiden tok þe chil [emended in ed. to child] here mide, Stille awai in auen tide.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms cxl. 2 Euentid sacrifise.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 97 Þe eventide comynge toward..wiþ þe swerde of seynt Edmond was he stiked.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. i. 8 And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the secounde dai.

a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) l. 1601 Þy pater noster say ȝerne, In morowe & mydday & euentyde.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 22 In þe eventide discusse þe maner, what þou hast ben þis day in worde, worke, & þouȝt.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 801/42 Hoc crepusculum, a hewyntyde.

1548 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. xv. f. xcvij The euentyde drewe nye.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxiv. 63 And Isaac went out, to meditate in the field, at the euentide.

1687 W. K. Blount tr. Compl. Office Holy Week i. 252 She came to him at eventide, carrying a bough of an olive tree.

1765 Public Ledger 14 Sept. 884/3 I pensive sit, and all alone Observe calm even-tide come on.

1782 W. Cowper Nightingale & Glow-worm in Poems 326 Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when even tide was ended.

1802 A. Bannerman Tales of Superstition & Chivalry 104 Soft and cool the eventide fell On the heats of the high day-noon.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend vi. 290 Those same soft bells at eventide Rang in the ears of Charlemagne.

1916 I. S. Cobb Local Color vii. 251 He returned home at eventide with nothing to show for his day's industry except lamentable memories and two tired flat feet.

1949 D. Du Maurier Parasites (1950) xx. 243 There used to be an independence to the day. Never knowing, in the morning, how it would end at eventide.

2005 E. Hofmann tr. W. P. Reese Stranger to Myself 12 At eventide the shadows fell far across the land.

2. figurative. The latter part of something, esp. a person's life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part

eveningOE

enda1200

eventide?c1225

finea1350

tail1377

latter (last) enda1382

issue1484

latter day?1498

waning1561

last days1572

heel1584

sunsetting1593

fall1596

lag-end1598

posterior1598

sunset1599

dotage1606

exit1615

stern1623

waning timea1639

last1683

heel piecea1764

shank1828

tail-end1845

tailpiece1869

tag1882

teatime1913

end-point1921

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 296 I þe ende of his lif. þet wes as iþe euentid.

1578 R. Day Bk. Christian Prayers f. 8^v This life hath not one houre certayne, whensoeuer the euentide thereof commeth.

1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 293 Sir, there is a great deal of less sand in your glass then when I saw you, & your afternoon is nearer even-tide now then it was.

a1756 D. Hall Some Brief Mem. (1758) 29 In the very Even-tide of his Time he flourished in the Truth.

1837 M. Huxley in T. M. Cooley Sketches Life & Char. L. Haynes xvi. 253 It was now with him the even-tide of life.

1939 E. F. Benson Trouble for Lucia x. 248 ‘I shall not rest,’ she finely observed, ‘till the shadows of life's eventide close round me.’

2007 I. Mgbeoji in P. W. B. Phillips & C. B. Onwuekwe Accessing Benefits Genomics Revol. vi. 126 It was becoming clear that formal colonialism was at its eventide.

Compounds

eventide home n. an institution providing accommodation for the elderly; an old people's home.Originally specifically with reference to institutions maintained by the Salvation Army.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the old

sunset home1897

eventide home1910

twilight home1934

assisted living1966

1910 Deliverer (Salvation Army) Aug. 1 (caption) In the garden of ‘Kveldsol’, our Eventide Home for old people in Norway.

1959 J. Fleming Miss Bones viii. 95 She was in touch with dozens of good causes, eventide homes, hostels for distressed gentlewomen.

2012 Sc. Express (Nexis) 31 May 25 All my old contacts are being spoon fed chicken soup in eventide homes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eventide
释义	eventiden. Brit. /ˈiːvntʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈivənˌtaɪd/ Forms: see even n.¹ and tide n.; also Old English hæfentid (perhaps transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: even n.¹, tide n. Etymology: < even n.¹ + tide n. Compare early modern Dutch avondtijd (1558; compare Middle Dutch avondtijds, adverb), Middle Low German āventtīt, Old High German ābandzīt (Middle High German ābentzīt, German Abendzeit). Now chiefly archaic, literary, and poetic. 1. The time of the evening; evening. In later use chiefly in at eventide. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] evenOE eventideOE eveningOE eventimeOE evea1250 evetimec1300 even whilea1375 evetidea1382 supper timec1390 supper whilea1425 forenight1513 evening-tide1521 supperwardc1563 after-supperc1596 Vesperugo1600 vesper1613 far-day1650 eveg1675 evg1777 dew-falla1822 OE Dream of Rood 68 Ongunnon him þa sorhleoð galan earme on þa æfentide. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. x. 83 Ic wæs abysgod, & eac me afeoll seo æfentid [OE Hatton eac asah seo æfentid] þæs dæges. c1330 Sir Degare (Auch.) l. 218 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 294 Þe maiden tok þe chil [emended in ed. to child] here mide, Stille awai in auen tide. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms cxl. 2 Euentid sacrifise. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 97 Þe eventide comynge toward..wiþ þe swerde of seynt Edmond was he stiked. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. i. 8 And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the secounde dai. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) l. 1601 Þy pater noster say ȝerne, In morowe & mydday & euentyde. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 22 In þe eventide discusse þe maner, what þou hast ben þis day in worde, worke, & þouȝt. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 801/42 Hoc crepusculum, a hewyntyde. 1548 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. xv. f. xcvij The euentyde drewe nye. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxiv. 63 And Isaac went out, to meditate in the field, at the euentide. 1687 W. K. Blount tr. Compl. Office Holy Week i. 252 She came to him at eventide, carrying a bough of an olive tree. 1765 Public Ledger 14 Sept. 884/3 I pensive sit, and all alone Observe calm even-tide come on. 1782 W. Cowper Nightingale & Glow-worm in Poems 326 Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when even tide was ended. 1802 A. Bannerman Tales of Superstition & Chivalry 104 Soft and cool the eventide fell On the heats of the high day-noon. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend vi. 290 Those same soft bells at eventide Rang in the ears of Charlemagne. 1916 I. S. Cobb Local Color vii. 251 He returned home at eventide with nothing to show for his day's industry except lamentable memories and two tired flat feet. 1949 D. Du Maurier Parasites (1950) xx. 243 There used to be an independence to the day. Never knowing, in the morning, how it would end at eventide. 2005 E. Hofmann tr. W. P. Reese Stranger to Myself 12 At eventide the shadows fell far across the land. 2. figurative. The latter part of something, esp. a person's life. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part eveningOE enda1200 eventide?c1225 finea1350 tail1377 latter (last) enda1382 issue1484 latter day?1498 waning1561 last days1572 heel1584 sunsetting1593 fall1596 lag-end1598 posterior1598 sunset1599 dotage1606 exit1615 stern1623 waning timea1639 last1683 heel piecea1764 shank1828 tail-end1845 tailpiece1869 tag1882 teatime1913 end-point1921 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 296 I þe ende of his lif. þet wes as iþe euentid. 1578 R. Day Bk. Christian Prayers f. 8^v This life hath not one houre certayne, whensoeuer the euentide thereof commeth. 1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 293 Sir, there is a great deal of less sand in your glass then when I saw you, & your afternoon is nearer even-tide now then it was. a1756 D. Hall Some Brief Mem. (1758) 29 In the very Even-tide of his Time he flourished in the Truth. 1837 M. Huxley in T. M. Cooley Sketches Life & Char. L. Haynes xvi. 253 It was now with him the even-tide of life. 1939 E. F. Benson Trouble for Lucia x. 248 ‘I shall not rest,’ she finely observed, ‘till the shadows of life's eventide close round me.’ 2007 I. Mgbeoji in P. W. B. Phillips & C. B. Onwuekwe Accessing Benefits Genomics Revol. vi. 126 It was becoming clear that formal colonialism was at its eventide. Compounds eventide home n. an institution providing accommodation for the elderly; an old people's home.Originally specifically with reference to institutions maintained by the Salvation Army. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the old sunset home1897 eventide home1910 twilight home1934 assisted living1966 1910 Deliverer (Salvation Army) Aug. 1 (caption) In the garden of ‘Kveldsol’, our Eventide Home for old people in Norway. 1959 J. Fleming Miss Bones viii. 95 She was in touch with dozens of good causes, eventide homes, hostels for distressed gentlewomen. 2012 Sc. Express (Nexis) 31 May 25 All my old contacts are being spoon fed chicken soup in eventide homes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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