Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vespertide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ves-per-tide
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the evening, especially (Christianity) the time at which vespers is prayed

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And the holy nuns after vespertide, / All forth from the chapel are gone"
"And holy Vespertide had rolled / Its fulgent waves of molten gold / Adown the forest bower"
"At vespertide on that summer Sunday, seven or eight thousand cavalry advanced with loud shouting and clang of trumpets against the Ziscaberg, carried an outwork on a lower slope of the hill, and passed on to the tiny fortress above."

Etymology

From vesper + -tide.

Usage

Questions

What does vespertide mean?: the evening, especially (Christianity) the time at which vespers is prayed
Where does vespertide come from?: From vesper + -tide.

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