Today's Word "Vespertine"
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vespertine \VESS-per-tyne\ \adjective\ - 1: of, relating to, or occurring in the evening 2 : active, flowering, or flourishing in the evening : crepuscular
"A vespertine fog crept over the farm, concealing the outbuildings and the orchard and stranding the house in an inky ocean of darkness as the evening turned to night."
From the Latin root "vesper," which means "evening," hidden in that scene. The evening star was once known as "Vesper" ("Hesperus" is from the Greek for "evening"); "vespertilian" means "batlike" (the Latin for bat is "vespertilio"); and we still call an evening worship service "vespers."
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