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crepuscle

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cre⋅pus⋅cule

  [kri-puhs-kyool, krep-uh-skyool]
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–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
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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.]
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