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crepuscule

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cre·pus·cule

[kri-puhs-kyool, krep-uh-skyool] Pronunciation Key

–noun

twilight; dusk.

Also, cre·pus·cle

[kri-puhs-uh

l] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < L crepuscul(um), equiv. to crepus- (akin to creper obscure) + -culum -cule¹

]

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cre·pus·cle (krĭ-pŭs'əl) Pronunciation Key
n. Variant of crepuscule.

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cre·pus·cule (krĭ-pŭs'kyōōl) Pronunciation Key
n. Twilight.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin crepusculum, from creper, dark.]

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crepuscle
noun
the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight]

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Crepuscle

Cre*pus"cle\ (kr[-e]*p[u^]s"s'l), Crepuscule \Cre*pus"cule\ (kr[-e]*p[u^]s"k[-u]l), n. [L. crepusculum, fr. creper dusky, dark: cf. F. cr['e]puscule.] Twilight. --Bailey.

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