Definitions

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  • adjective rare Resembling twilight; crepuscular.

Etymologies

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twilight +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • I love the light and clarity of the picture. gives it a somewhat twilightish feeling

    Swingers on Vimeo 2010

  • So, as it was getting twilightish and very cold, we went back to the hotel, which is a very good one, better than any one I have seen in the South of England, and almost or quite as good as those of Scotland.

    Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

  • So, as it was getting twilightish and very cold, we went back to the hotel, which is a very good one, better than any one I have seen in the South of England, and almost or quite as good as those of Scotland.

    Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

  • Turn on the kitchen light, wait til it's twilightish.

    BlogHer 2009

  • I’m looking forward to everything “twilightish” especially “DHN”.

    Twilight Lexicon » Happy New Year! 2009

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