sundown
verb
- becoming disoriented or less lucid in the evening
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/
noun
Etymology: From sun + down.
- Sunset.
“We’ll meet by the pier at sundown.”
“Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor An inner trouble I behold, A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]”
- A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.
verb
Etymology: From sun + down.
- to experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at the approach of nightfall.
“"She also “sundowned”, and someone had to keep an eye on her 24-7."”