noun

1. the last part of the day; close of the day and early part of night; period between sunset or the last meal of the day and bedtime
2. in some parts of the South, in rural areas, and in parts of England, the period from noon through sunset and twilight
3. the last period, as of life, a career, etc.
4. a part of the night spent in a specified way a musical evening

Etymology: ME < OE æfnung, verbal n. < æfnian, to grow toward evening < æfen, evening, akin to Ger abend, prob. < IE base *epi-, *opi-, after, later (> Gr epi, L ob): basic sense “later part of the day”

adjective