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Vinony

vesper

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvɛspɚ/ / /ˈvɛspə/

adj

Etymology: From Old French vespre, from Latin vesper (“evening star”).

  1. Evening.

    “On Sumter’s rampart, that sweet eve, / I heard the vesper bugle play […]”

name

Etymology: Unknown.

  1. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

noun

Etymology: From Old French vespre, from Latin vesper (“evening star”).

  1. The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
  2. The evening.

    “In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, / It perch'd for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, / Glimmered the white Moon-shine.”

  3. A vesper martini.
  4. A vesper bat.

    “Almost all vespers are insect catchers.”