eventide

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/ˈiːvənˌtaɪd/

noun

Evening.

“The mist rises from the lake at eventide.”

Similar
eveevenforenighteeneveningeveningtideeveningtimeevetime
OriginMiddle English eventide ← Old English ǣfentīd ← Proto-West Germanic *tīdi →
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Meanings

nouneventide (countable and uncountable, plural eventides)

plural eventides

  1. archaiccountableliterarypoeticuncountableEvening.

    The mist rises from the lake at eventide.

    Synonyms: eve, even, forenight, een, eve, even, evening, eveningtide

Synonyms & antonyms

nounEvening.

Similar
eveevenforenighteeneveeveneveningeveningtideeveningtimeevetimeforenightundernvespervespertide

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

Similar
eveningeveeven
Broader
daydaytimedaylight
Also see
eeneveeveneveningevetimeforenightundern

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Germanic*ēbanþs
  5. Proto-West Germanic*ābanþ
  6. Old Englishǣfen
  7. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*déh₂itis
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dih₂tís
  11. Proto-Germanic*tīdiz
  12. Proto-West Germanic*tīdi
  13. Old Englishtīd
  14. Old Englishǣfentīd
  15. Middle Englisheventide
  16. Englisheventide

Inherited from Middle English eventide, from Old English ǣfentīd, from ǣfen (“evening”) + tīd (“time”). By surface analysis, even + -tide.

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APA

eventide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eventide

MLA

“eventide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eventide. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eventide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eventide.

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