evetide

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/ˈiːvˌtaɪd/

noun

evening

OriginMiddle English evetide →
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Meanings

nounevetide (plural evetides)

plural evetides

  1. archaicpoeticevening

    The feeble folk at home had grown full-used / To 'dug-outs', 'snipers', 'Huns', from the war-adept / In the mornings heard, and at eventides perused; / To day-dreamt men in millions, when they mused-- / to nightmare-men in millions when they slept.

    Thomas Hardy, And There Was a Great Calm, III

Origin

  1. Middle Englishevetide
  2. Englishevetide

Inherited from Middle English evetide, variant of eventide (see modern English eventide); equivalent to eve + tide.

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APA

evetide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evetide

MLA

“evetide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evetide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evetide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evetide.

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