sunfalln.
/ˈsʌnfɔːl/, U.S. /ˈsənˌfɔl/, /ˈsənˌfɑl/ Chiefly literary.
Sunset.
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sunsetOE
settle-gangc1000
evensongc1330
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sun restc1405
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sunsetting1440
sun sitting?a1475
falling1555
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sun go down1595
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daylight gate1613
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sun-under1865
1582 J. Stubbs tr. T. de Bèze Christian Medit. Eight Psalmes of Dauid sig. F.viiv Lost as a shadowe at Sunne fall [Fr. l'ombre au soleil couchant].
1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. Dv Heauen..but eu'n now lamented The sun-fall of thy selfe.
1870 R. S. Hawker Aurora in Cornish Ballads i Sunfall, and yet no night!
1890 O. Crawfurd Round Calendar in Portugal 33 From early dawn to sunfall.
1970 R. McKuen Caught in Quiet xviii The moonrise and the sunfall are visible to any blind man with eyes enough to feel the outline of another blind man's breath.
2011 Y. Edwards Cupboard Full Coats iii. 66 It was there from sunrise till sunfall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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