vespertinal
English edit
Etymology edit
vespertine + -al
Adjective edit
vespertinal (not comparable)
- Vespertine; occurring in the evening.
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels:
- F . became purely vespertinal, never stirring abroad till after dark
- (botany, zoology) Opening or active in the evening.
References edit
- “vespertinal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.