EVENFALL

twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle

(noun) the time of day immediately following sunset; “he loved the twilight”; “they finished before the fall of night”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

evenfall (countable and uncountable, plural evenfalls)

(poetic) dusk, twilight

Synonyms

• crepusculum, mirkning, nightfall; see also dusk

Source: Wiktionary


E"ven*fall`, n.

Definition: Beginning of evening. "At the quiet evenfall." Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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