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单词 vespertine
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vespertine

[ ves-per-tin, -tahyn ]
/ ˈvɛs pər tɪn, -ˌtaɪn /

adjective

of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
Botany. opening or expanding in the evening, as certain flowers.
Zoology. appearing or flying in the early evening; crepuscular.
Also ves·per·ti·nal [ves-per-tahyn-l]. /ˌvɛs pərˈtaɪn l/.

Origin of vespertine

1495–1505; <Latin vespertīnus, equivalent to vespervesper + -tīnus adj. suffix

Words nearby vespertine

vesper mouse, vespers, vesper sparrow, vespertide, vespertilionine, vespertine, vespiary, vespid, vespine, Vespucci, vessel
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Example sentences from the Web for vespertine

  • Odors from strong bacon and boiling coffee contended against the cut-plug fumes from the vespertine pipe.

    The Trimmed Lamp|O. Henry
  • The vespertine hour was nigh, and over this iron landscape there floated the moon, an opal button in the sky.

    Visionaries|James Huneker
  • Up Broadway Chandler moved with the vespertine dress parade.

    The Four Million|O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for vespertine

vespertine
/ (ˈvɛspəˌtaɪn) /

adjective

botany zoology appearing, opening, or active in the eveningvespertine flowers
occurring in the evening or (esp of stars) appearing or setting in the evening
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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