Twilight \Twi"light`\, n. [OE. twilight, AS. twi- (see Twice)
+ le['o]ht light; hence the sense of doubtful or half light;
cf. LG. twelecht, G. zwielicht. See Light.]
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1. The light perceived before the rising, and after the
setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18[deg]
below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the
earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their
reflection on the earth.
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2. faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which
anything is viewed.
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As when the sun . . . from behind the moon,
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. --Milton.
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The twilight of probability. --Locke.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "twilight":
afterglow, alpenglow, aurora, bad light, brown of dusk, brownness,
candlelight, candlelighting, cocklight, crepuscular, crepuscule,
dark, darkening, darkish, darkishness, darkling, darksome,
darksomeness, dawnlight, deadness, decay, declination, decline,
dim, dim light, diminution, dimming, dimness, dimpsy, downturn,
drabness, dullness, dusk, duskiness, duskingtide, duskness, dusky,
ebb, end, evening, evensong, eventide, first light, flatness,
foredawn, gloam, gloaming, glooming, gloomy, glow, half-light,
lack of sparkle, lackluster, lifelessness, limbo, lusterlessness,
mat, mat finish, morning twilight, murk, murkiness, nightfall,
obscure, owllight, partial darkness, semidark, shadowy, shady,
slump, somberness, sundown, sunset, sunsetty, the small hours,
twilight zone, twilighty, vesper, vespertine, wane, waning,
weakening
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |