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| acronic acronical acronycal acronychal | occurring at nightfall esp. of the rising or setting of stars. |
| acronycally+ | in an ACRONYCAL manner. |
| aestival estival | of or relating to summer. [L. aestas, summer]. |
| aforehand | beforehand. |
| aforetime | in time past; formerly. |
| afternoon | the time between morning and evening. |
| aftertime | the time after the present. |
| afterward afterwards | at a later time. |
| airest | earliest. |
| airtime | the time when a broadcast begins. |
| alsoon alsoone | as soon. |
| amarna | pertaining to a certain historical period of ancient Egypt. |
| amornings | of a morning. |
| anan anon | at once; immediately. |
| anno | in the year of the Christian era. |
| antelucan | pertaining to the hours before dawn. [L. antelucanus, before dawn]. |
| anytime | taking place at no specific time. |
| anywhen | taking place at no specific time. |
| arvo | (Aust. sl.) afternoon. Pl. ARVOS. |
| attonce attone attones | at one, at once, together. |
| auroral | of or pertaining to the dawn. |
| aurorally | (adv.) AURORAL, of or pertaining to the dawn. |
| autumn | the season of the year when fruits are gathered. |
| autumnal | relating to autumn; like autumn. |
| autumny | autumn-like. |
| avenir | (Fr.) the future. |
| bedtime | the time at which one goes to bed. |
| birthday | the day of one's birth, or its anniversary. |
| breaktime | in schools etc., a recess, a break between lessons. |
| brumal | indicative of or occurring in the winter. [L. brumalis, pertaining to winter, from brevima dies, shortest day or winter solstice]. |
| bygone | belonging to a past time; (noun) something belonging to a past time. |
| bypast | past, gone by. |
| calendal | pertaining to CALENDS, the first day of the ancient Roman month from which days were counted backwards to the Ides. |
| calends kalends | the first day of the ancient Roman month from which days were counted backwards to the Ides. N.B. no CALEND* or KALEND*. |
| cenozoic+ | relating to the most recent geologic era. |
| centenary | a hundredth anniversary. |
| chairdays | the evening of life. N.B. no CHAIRDAY*. |
| chowtime | time for a meal. |
| cockcrow | early dawn, the time when the cock crows to greet the sun. |
| cockleert+ | cockcrow. |
| cockshut | twilight, prob. referring to a time when poultry are shut up for the night. |
| darkmans | (thieves’ slang) night. N.B. no DARKMAN*. |
| dawn | daybreak; (verb) to become day. |
| dawnlike | like DAWN. |
| daybreak | sunrise. |
| dayspring | dawn. |
| daytime | the time during which it is day. |
| dimpsy+ | twilight. |
| dogdays | the days about the time of the heliacal rising of the dog-star, traditionally regarded as the hottest and unhealthiest time of the year. N.B. no DOGDAY*. |
| domesday doomsday | a day of judgment. |
| dominical | indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday. |
| doomsday | see DOMESDAY. |
| dreamtime | in the mythology of Australian Aboriginals, the time when the earth and patterns of life on earth took shape. |
| duecento | the thirteenth century, esp. in Italian art. Pl. DUECENTOS. |
| earliness | the state of being early. |
| early | in advance of a specified time: EARLIER, EARLIEST. |
| earst | (arch.) = ERST, formerly. |
| eeven eevn eevning | evening. |
| eftest | readiest, most convenient. |
| eftsoon eftsoons | soon after. |
| ene | evening. |
| eoan | of or pertaining to the dawn. |
| equinox | the beginning of autumn and spring, the two days each year when the sun is directly overhead at the equator. |
| erelong | before long; soon. |
| erenow | before this time. |
| erev+ | the day before. |
| erewhile erewhiles | some time ago, heretofore. |
| erst | before, formerly. |
| erstwhile | former, previous; formerly, in the past. |
| estival | see AESTIVAL. |
| eve | evening. |
| evenfall | the onset of evening. |
| evening | the close of day. |
| eventide | evening. |
| evo+ | evening. |
| fasti | those days among the ancient Romans on which it was lawful to transact legal or public business (the opposite of NEFASTI*, which is not in OSWI, though NEFAST is). |
| finally | lastly. |
| floruit | designating dates of a person's birth and death; (verb) to be alive at a given time. |
| fore | at an earlier time or period. |
| forenight | the night before. |
| forenoon | the time just before NOON. |
| forepast | former, bygone. |
| foretime | the past; the time before the present. |
| former | past, gone. |
| formerly | in time past. |
| forthwith | immediately. |
| futural | relating to the FUTURE. |
| future | time to come. |
| futurity | the state of being in the future. |
| gloam gloaming | the period between sunset and full night; dusk. |
| halftime | the halfway point through e.g. a football match. |
| hesternal | of or relating to yesterday. Cf. HODIERNAL. |
| heyday heydey | a time when vigour is at its climax. |
| hibernal | of or relating to winter. |
| hiemal | of winter. |
| hiems | winter. Pl. HIEMS. N.B. no HIEM*. |
| hodiernal | of or pertaining to the present day. |
| holocene+ | relating to the second and most recent epoch of the Quaternary period. |
| ides | in the ancient Roman calendar, the eighth day after the NONES, i.e. the 15th of March, May, July, October, and the 13th of the other months. |
| instanter | immediately; instantly; as, he left instanter. N.B. no INSTANTEST*! |
| instantly | at once. |
| interim | meanwhile. |
| interwar | taking place in the period between wars. |
| jomon+ | a particular era in Japanese history. No -S. |
| jurassic+ | relating to the second period of the Mesozoic era. |
| kalends | see CALENDS. |
| knockoff | the time or act of leaving work. |
| langsyne langsynes | long since; long ago. |
| lastly | last in sequence. |
| late | after the due time: LATER, LATEST. |
| lated | belated. |
| lately | recently. |
| laten | to make or grow late. |
| lateness | the quality of being LATE. |
| latish | somewhat late. |
| lunchtime | the time at which lunch is eaten. |
| manana | tomorrow, at an unspecified time in the future. |
| matinal | of or relating to the morning. |
| matutinal matutine | relating to or occuring in the morning. |
| mealtime | the time at which a meal is eaten. |
| mediaeval medieval | belonging to the Middle Ages; (noun) a person who lived in the Middle Ages. |
| mesozoic+ | denoting a particular era of geological time. |
| midday | the middle of the day. |
| midmonth | the middle of the month. |
| midnight | the middle of the night. |
| midnoon | the middle of noon. |
| midsummer | the middle of summer. |
| midterm | the middle of a term. |
| midweek | the middle of the week. |
| midweekly | taking place in the middle of the week. |
| midwinter | the middle of winter. |
| midyear | the middle part of the year. |
| miocene+ | denoting the fourth epoch of the Tertiary period. |
| moonrise | the time when the moon comes up. |
| moonset | the time when the moon sets. |
| morn | morning. |
| morning | the first part of the day. |
| morrow | the day following the present; tomorrow. |
| nathemo nathemore | nevermore. |
| neogene+ | relating to the Miocene or Pliocene epochs. |
| neolithic | of or relating to the later, more advanced, Stone Age. |
| newly | just recently. |
| nicht+ | night. |
| night | the period of time from sunset to sunrise. |
| nightfall | the onset or beginning of the night. |
| nightlike+ | like the night. |
| nighttide+ | the time of night: NIGHTTIDES. Also NIGHTTIME(!). |
| nighttime | the time during which it is night. |
| nightward | approaching night. |
| nite | (coll.) night. |
| noo | now. |
| noon | the middle point of the day; (verb) to rest at noon. |
| noonday noontide noontime | the time of noon, midday. |
| now | at the present time; (noun) the present time. |
| nowadays | in these times. |
| nowness | immediacy. |
| offseason | the season when there is no play, or no hunting. |
| oligocene+ | belonging to a certain geological time period. |
| oncet+ | once. |
| onetime | former. |
| overdue | due and more than due. |
| overpast | past and gone. |
| oversoon | too soon. |
| paleocene+ paleogene+ | belonging to a certain geological time period. |
| paleozoic+ | belonging to a certain geological time period, |
| past | time gone. |
| pastness | the quality of being past. |
| payday | the day on which one is paid. |
| peacetime | a time of peace between wars. |
| permian+ | relating to the last period of the Palaeozoic era. |
| playtime | the time when children are allowed to play. |
| pleiocene+ pliocene+ | of the Pliocene geological time period. |
| plenilune | the time of the full moon. |
| postcrash | after a crash. |
| posterity | those coming after; succeeding generations. |
| postfault | taking place after a fault. |
| postnatal | following childbirth. |
| postteen | occurring after one's teenage years. |
| posttrial | taking place after a trial. |
| postwar | taking place after a war. |
| prebirth+ | the time before birth. |
| preboom | taking place before a boom. |
| precoital | taking place before coition. |
| precrisis | taking place before a crisis. |
| predate | to precede in time. |
| predawn | the time before dawn. |
| predeath+ | the period immediately before death. |
| predebate+ | before a debate. |
| predinner | taking place before dinner. |
| predive | taking place before diving e.g. 'his predive routine'. |
| predusk | the time just before dusk. |
| prefight | taking place before fighting e.g. 'his prefight ritual'. |
| preflight | taking place before a flight. |
| pregame | taking place before a game. |
| preglacial+ | formed or occurring before a glacial period, esp. before the Pleistocene epoch. |
| pregrowth+ | the period before something begins to grow. |
| prehiring | before hiring. N.B. there is no verb PREHIRE. |
| prelaunch | taking place before a launch. |
| prelunch | taking place before lunch. |
| premeal | taking place before a meal. |
| premodern | taking place before the modern era. |
| premosaic | relating to the time before Moses. |
| prenoon | taking place before noon. |
| prepill | occurring before the advent of the contraceptive pill. |
| prepueblo+ | belonging to the period before the Pueblo Indians. |
| prerace | taking place before a race e.g. 'his prerace rituals'. |
| preradio+ | before the invention of radio. |
| prereading+ | referring to the time before a child learns to reads. |
| prereform+ | before reform. |
| prereturn | preceding a return. |
| prereview | taking place before a review. N.B. this is not a verb. |
| preriot | taking place before a riot. |
| prerock | belonging to the blissful time before the invention of rock music. |
| presale | taking place before a sale. |
| preseason | taking place before the advent of the season. |
| presenile+ | occurring before the onset of old age. |
| presplit | taking place before a split. N.B. this is not a verb. |
| prestrike | preceding a strike. |
| pretravel | taking place before travel. |
| prewar | taking place before a war. |
| prework | taking place before work. |
| pridian | of or pertaining to the previous day. |
| primal | belonging to the first age or earliest stage; original. |
| primavera+ | springtime. |
| primetime+ | occurring during or designed for prime time. |
| priorly | previously. |
| proximo | of next month. [L. proximo (mense) next (month)]. |
| quondam | former, erstwhile. |
| rathe | early: RATHER, RATHEST. |
| rearly | early. |
| recency | the state or quality of being recent. |
| recent | having happened not long ago: RECENTER, RECENTEST. |
| recently | (adv.) RECENT, having happened not long ago. |
| regnal | relating to a reign. |
| sabbatine | relating to Saturday. |
| schoolday | a day on which school is held. |
| seasonal | taking place during a particular season. |
| seedness | sowing, seedtime. |
| seedtime | the time when seeds are planted. |
| seicento | the seventeenth century in Italy; the Italian style of art, literature, etc., of this period. Pl. SEICENTOS. |
| sens | since. |
| showtime+ | the time when a show begins. |
| siecle+ | a century, period or era. |
| silurian+ | formed in the third period of the Palaeozoic. |
| sinsyne | since that time. |
| sith sithen sithence sithens | since; afterwards. |
| sithe sythe | (Spenser) a time |
| solstice | the time when the sun reaches its maximum distance from the equator, north or south. |
| someday | at an unspecified time in the future. |
| sometime | at a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly. |
| somewhen | at some indefinite time. |
| soon | in a short time: SOONER, SOONEST. |
| sparrowfart+ | the very early morning. |
| spring | the season of growth; (verb) to shoot up, leap. |
| statim | immediately; at once. |
| summer | the warm season of the year; (verb) to pass the summer. |
| summerly | of or like summer. |
| sundown | the time at which the sun goes down. |
| sunrise sunrising | the rising or first appearance of the sun above the horizon. |
| sunset sunsetting | the setting of the sun below the horizon. |
| sunup | sunrise. |
| swith swithe | quickly, at once. |
| swithly | (adv.) SWITH, at once. |
| synchrony | simultaneity. |
| sythe | see SITHE. |
| teatime | the time at which tea is taken. |
| tempore | in the time of. |
| than | (obs.) then. Pl. THANS. |
| then | that time. |
| thenabout thenabouts | at about that time. |
| timely | in good time: TIMELIER, TIMELIEST. |
| timeous timous | timely; seasonable. |
| timeously | (adv.) TIMEOUS, in good time. |
| timous | see TIMEOUS. |
| timously | (adv.) TIMOUS, timely. |
| tite tyte | promptly, at once. |
| titely | (adv.) TITE, promptly. |
| today | this day, the present time. |
| tofore | before. |
| tomorrow | the day after today. |
| tonight | this night; the night of the present day. |
| trecento | the thirteenth century. Pl. TRECENTOS. |
| triassic+ | relating to the first period of the Mesozoic era. |
| twilight | the time between sunset and night; (verb) to light imperfectly or faintly; to make twilit. |
| tyte | see TITE. |
| ultimo | of last month. |
| umquhile | some time ago; formerly. Cf. UMWHILE. |
| umwhile | formerly, late, whilom. |
| undertime underntime | the time of the midday meal. |
| untimeous | untimely. |
| vernal | of or relating to spring. |
| voar | in the Orkneys, spring, seed-time. |
| wartime | the time when a war is going on. |
| washday | the day of the week on which washing is done. |
| weekday | a day other than a weekend day. |
| weekend | the non-working period from Friday evening to Sunday evening; (verb) to spend a weekend. |
| weeknight | the evening or night of a weekday. |
| whilom | formerly; once; former. |
| winter | the coldest season of the year; (verb) to stay the winter. |
| winteriness+ | the state of being WINTERY. |
| winterish+ | like winter. |
| workday | a day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc. |
| workhour+ | a time set aside for work. |
| yearend | the end of the year. |
| yester yestern | relating to yesterday. |
| yesterday | the day immediately before today. |
| yestereve yestereven yesterevening yestreen | yesterday evening. |
| yestern | see YESTER. |
| yore | long ago; (noun) a long time ago. |