sunset
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[edit] Etymology
In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.[1] Compound of sun + set.
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sunset (plural sunsets)
- The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- The changes in color of the sky at sunset.
- (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
- (attributively) Of or relating to the final period of the life of a person or thing.
- one's sunset years
- (attributively) Having a set termination date.
- The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.
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- (time): dusk, sundown (US), nightfall, twilight
- (change in color of the sky at sunset):
- (final period of life): end, final act, swansong
- (attributively: of or relating to the final period of life): last, terminal, twilight
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time of day
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changes in color of sky at sunset
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final period of life
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attributively: of or relating to the final period of life
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[edit] References
- Notes:
- ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
