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sundown en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From sun + down.

Meanings

(US, countable, uncountable) Sunset.
- Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor ⁠An inner trouble I behold, ⁠A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 63:
- We’ll meet by the pier at sundown.
(countable) A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
sundowns	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

sundown syndrome · sundown town

Descendants

Synonyms

mirkning · nightfall · dusk

sundown en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From sun + down.

Meanings

(intransitive) To experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at the approach of nightfall.
- "She also “sundowned”, and someone had to keep an eye on her 24-7." 2009, Kay Cameron, Tim Rhodus, Life With God 101:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
sundowning	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
sundowned	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
sundowned	Tense=Past		lexicographic
sundowns	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic

Deriveds

sundowning · sundowner