Vesper

Vespername詞源 1/ˈvɛspɚ/

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  The planet Venus as the evening star.

  • Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus

Vespername詞源 2/ˈvɛspɚ/

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  A surname from German.

Vespername詞源 3/ˈvɛspɚ/

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

vespernoun/ˈvɛspɚ/

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

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  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.
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  A vesper martini.

  • ‘I think it’s a fine name,’ said Bond. An idea struck him. ‘Can I borrow it?’ He explained about the special martini he had invented and his search for a name for it. ‘The Vesper,’ he said. ‘It sounds perfect and it’s very appropriate to the violet hour when my cocktail will now be drunk all over the world. Can I have it?’
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  A vesper bat.

  • Almost all vespers are insect catchers.

vesperadj/ˈvɛspɚ/

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  Evening.

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