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opetide en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈəʊptʌɪd/ (UK)

Etymology

From ope + tide. Compare earlier opentide.

Meanings

(obsolete, rare, uncountable) The open time; that part of the year outside Lent when there is no required fast.
(literary, rare, uncountable) Open time; the time when something is open, accessible.
- Her soul was as a flower in its opetide. She was in love. 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:

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