Crepuscule
//kɹɪˈpʌs.kjul// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Twilight. archaic
"Van watched them with the same pleasurable awe he had experienced as a child, when, lost in the purple crepuscule of an Italian hotel garden, in an alley of cypresses, he supposed they were golden ghouls or the passing fancies of the garden."
- 2 the time of day immediately following sunset wordnet
Example
More examples"Van watched them with the same pleasurable awe he had experienced as a child, when, lost in the purple crepuscule of an Italian hotel garden, in an alley of cypresses, he supposed they were golden ghouls or the passing fancies of the garden."
Etymology
From Middle French crepuscule m, ultimately from Latin crepusculum n.
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