Coeval. I tripped over that word in an essay by Max Beerbohm. In a book titled, The Art of the Personal Essay. Edited by Phillip Lopate. Coeval. Pronounced like “co-evil.” But for those in the dark like myself, it’s nowhere close to evil. In fact, it means “of the same age or period.” As an adjective. According to trusty Webster. As a noun, it means “a contemporary.” Such as, “That man is her coeval.” In all these many, many (many) years of reading, I ...