Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; imperfectly clear or luminous.
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- adjective Alternative form of
crepuscular .
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Examples
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When the golden orb sinks below the horizon, a brief crepusculous light succeeds; then darkness, sudden as though a curtain of crape were dropped over the earth.
The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850
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"Yes, my countrymen, a dawn begins to open upon us; the crepusculous rays of returning republicanism are fast extending over the darkness of our political horizon, and before their brightness, those myrmidons shall slink away to the abode of the demons who have generated them, in the hollow caves of darkness."
Diary in America, Series Two Frederick Marryat 1820
Dan337 commented on the word crepusculous
See also “crepuscle”, “crepuscular”, “crepuscular arch”, “crepuscular ray”, “crepuscule”, “crepusculine”, and “crepusculum”.
January 26, 2011