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Time When

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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.
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.
heretofore	the past > HERETOFORES.
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.
nighttime	the time of night.
nighttide	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.

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