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Word of the Day – Hesperian

By December 24, 2025Word of the Day

Hesperian (adj)

hes-per-ee-an

(poetic) relating to the night / Western, occidental. 

Latin Hesperia, the west, from Greek, from feminine of hesperios of the evening, western, from hesperos evening.

Example sentences

“The house was silent at this hesperian hour, but the anticpation for tomorrow thrummed.”

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