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Coccothraustes vespertinaEvening E"ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sum.
In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that
usher evening rose. --Milton.
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. ``Evening
Prayer.' --Shak.
Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star. DesperadoDesperado Des`per*a"do, n.; pl. Desperadoes. [OSp.
desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See
Desperate.]
A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions,
and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian. DesperadoesDesperado Des`per*a"do, n.; pl. Desperadoes. [OSp.
desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See
Desperate.]
A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions,
and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian. Desperate
Desperate Des"per*ate, n.
One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]
DesperateDesperate Des"per*ate, a. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare.
See Despair, and cf. Desperado.]
1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.]
I am desperate of obtaining her. --Shak.
2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous;
irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely
dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
3. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard
to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate
effort. ``Desperate expedients.' --Macaulay.
4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the
extreme predominance of a bad quality.
A desperate offendress against nature. --Shak.
The most desperate of reprobates. --Macaulay.
Syn: Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong;
precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad;
furious; frantic. Desperately
Desperately Des"per*ate*ly, adv.
In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety;
recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.
She fell desperately in love with him. --Addison.
Desperateness
Desperateness Des"per*ate*ness n.
Desperation; virulence.
Desperation
Desperation Des`per*a"tion, n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF.
desperation.]
1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up
of hope.
This desperation of success chills all our industry.
--Hammond.
2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of
hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
In the desperation of the moment, the officers even
tried to cut their way through with their swords.
--W. Irving.
EsperantistEsperanto Es`pe*ran"to, n.
An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by
Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym ``Dr.
Esperanto' in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in
1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common
to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any
one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and
the accent (stress) is always on the penult. --
Es`pe*ran"tist, n. EsperantoEsperanto Es`pe*ran"to, n.
An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by
Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym ``Dr.
Esperanto' in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in
1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common
to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any
one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and
the accent (stress) is always on the penult. --
Es`pe*ran"tist, n. HesperHesper Hes"per, n. [See Hesperian.]
The evening; Hesperus. Hesperetin
Hesperetin Hes*per"e*tin, n. (Chem.)
A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste,
obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as
a complex derivative of caffeic acid.
HesperiadaeUrbicolae Ur*bic"o*l[ae], n. pl. [NL., fr. L. urbs, urbis, a
city + colere to inhabit.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive family of butterflies, including those known as
skippers (Hesperiad[ae]). HesperianHesperian Hes*pe"ri*an, a. [L. hesperius, fr. hesperus the
evening star, Gr. ? evening, ? ? the evening star. Cf.
Vesper.]
Western; being in the west; occidental. [Poetic] --Milton. Hesperian
Hesperian Hes*pe"ri*an, n.
A native or an inhabitant of a western country. [Poetic] --J.
Barlow.
HesperianHesperian Hes*pe"ri*an, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called
Hesperid[ae], or skippers. -- n. Any one of the numerous
species of Hesperid[ae]; a skipper. HesperidHesperid Hes"per*id, a. & n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as 3d Hesperian. HesperideneHesperidene Hes*per"i*dene, n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.)
An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil. HesperidesHesperides Hes*per"i*des, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night
(brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden
producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western
extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon
and get some of these apples was one of the labors of
Hercules. Called also Atlantides.
2. The garden producing the golden apples.
It not love a Hercules, Still climbing trees in the
Hesperides? --Shak. HesperidinHesperidin Hes*per"i*din, n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.)
A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange),
and extracted as a white crystalline substance. HesperidiumHesperidium Hes`pe*rid"i*um, n. [NL. So called in allusion to
the golden apples of the Hesperides. See Hesperides.]
(Bot.)
A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange. Hesperomys leucopusMouse Mouse (mous), n.; pl. Mice (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus,
AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. &
Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr.
my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf.
Muscle, Musk.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of
the family Murid[ae]. The common house mouse (Mus
musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American
white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus)
sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse,
under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest. Hesperornis
Hesperornis Hes`pe*ror"nis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? western + ?, ?,
a bird.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous
deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had
teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches.
Several species are known. See Illust. in Append.
HesperusEvening E"ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sum.
In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that
usher evening rose. --Milton.
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. ``Evening
Prayer.' --Shak.
Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star. HesperusHesperus Hes"pe*rus, n. [L. See Hesper.]
1. Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.
2. Evening. [Poetic]
The Sun was sunk, and after him the Star Of
Hesperus. --Milton. Resperse
Resperse Re*sperse" (r?*sp?rs"), v. t. [L. respersus, p. p. of
respergere; pref. re- re- + spargere to srew, sprinkle.]
To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Respersion
Respersion Re*sper"sion (r?*sp?r"sh?n), n. [L. respersio.]
The act of sprinkling or scattering. [Obs.]
Sicilian vespersVespers Ves"pers, n. pl. [OF. vespres, F. v[^e]pres, LL.
vesperae, fr. L. vespera evening. See Vesper, n.] (R. C.
Ch.)
(a) One of the little hours of the Breviary.
(b) The evening song or service.
Sicilian vespers. See under Sicilian, a. Sicilian vespersSicilian Si*cil"i*an, a.
Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.
Sicilian vespers, the great massacre of the French in
Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday,
at the hour of vespers. VesperVesper Ves"per, n. [L., the evening, the evening star, the
west; akin to Gr. ?, ?, and perhaps to E. west. Cf.
Hesperian, Vespers.]
The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset;
hence, the evening. --Shak.
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Espers (band), a Philadelphia-based folk
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Esper joined the
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Extrasensory perception (
ESP), also
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sixth sense, or cryptaesthesia, is a
claimed paranormal ability pertaining to
reception of information...
- founder,
William "Bill"
Esper, is
occasionally referred to as the best-known of Meisner's
first generation teachers. The
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ESP most
commonly refers to:
Extrasensory perception, a
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Esper worked as a
sports writer for the
Uniontown Morning Herald and the
Pittsburgh Press before being hired by the ****ociated
Press in 1958.
Esper was...
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Michael James Esper (born
December 1, 1976) is an
American actor, best
known for his
stage work.
Esper was born in
Manhattan and
raised in Montclair, New...
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Esper is a
surname and
given name.
Notable people with the
surname include: Duke
Esper (1868–1910),
American professional baseball player Dwain Esper...
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Prince Esper Esperovich Ukhtomsky, Эспер Эсперович Ухтомский (26 August [O.S. 14 August] 1861 – 26
November 1921) was a poet,
publisher and
Oriental enthusiast...
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Dwain Atkins Esper (October 7, 1894 –
October 18, 1982) was an
American director and
producer of
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