Crepuscule

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  • noun. Twilight.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See crepuscle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Twilight.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the time of day immediately following sunset
  • Word Usage
    "Along the way, Sheinkin has fun lobbing insanely difficult and obscure words (such as crepuscule, phylactery and elangues) into her young contestants 'laps like live grenades."
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    hour  time of day  
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    night  
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