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crepuscle - 4 dictionary results

cre⋅pus⋅cule

[kri-puhs-kyool, krep-uh-skyool]
–noun
twilight; dusk.
Also, cre⋅pus⋅cle [kri-puhs-uhl] .


Origin:
1350–1400; < L crepuscul(um), equiv. to crepus- (akin to creper obscure) + -culum -cule 1
cre·pus·cle   (krĭ-pŭs'əl)   
n.  Variant of crepuscule.
cre·pus·cule   (krĭ-pŭs'kyōōl)   
n.  Twilight.

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

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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