vespertine

vespertine
/ves"peuhr tin, -tuyn'/, adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
2. Bot. opening or expanding in the evening, as certain flowers.
3. Zool. appearing or flying in the early evening; crepuscular.
Also, vespertinal /ves'peuhr tuyn"l/.
[1495-1505; < L vespertinus, equiv. to vesper VESPER + -tinus adj. suffix]

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