acronical

Adjective

acronical (not comparable)

1. Occurring at sunset.
   • Some sounds, such as the cries of the sellers of water in summer and charcoal in winter, persist, hour in and hour out, for the whole twenty-four, and form a background for the different acronical clamour that now rises.1940, Osbert Sitwell, Escape with me!: An oriental sketch-book, page 307
   • In examining the esthetic importance of the wilderness I will not engage in the unprofitable task of evaluating the preciousness of different sorts of beauty, as, for instance, whether an acronical view over the Grand Canyon is worth more than the Apollo of Praxiteles.1974, Robert Sterling Yard, The Living Wilderness
2. Occurring at the end of life.
   • "Una vieja y sus re- cuerdos" is the acronical story of a woman reputedly 139 years of age when she related her life's work as partera (midwife), cocinera principal (head cook), and llavera (keeper of the keys) as well as duena (supervisor) of various shops at San Gabriel mission in the first half...1993, Genaro M. Padilla, My History, Not Yours: The Formation of Mexican American Autobiography, →ISBN