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sundown

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sun⋅down

[suhn-doun]
–noun
1. sunset, esp. the time of sunset.
–verb (used without object)
2. Psychiatry. to experience confusion or hallucinations at night as a result of strange surroundings, drug effects, decreased sensory input, or reduction of oxygen supply to the brain.

Origin:
1610–20; sun + down 1
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sun·down   (sŭn'doun')   
n.  The time of sunset.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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