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noun
twilight; dusk.
Origin:
1350–1400; < Latin crepuscul(um), equivalent to crepus- (akin to creper obscure) + -culum -cule1
1350–1400; < Latin crepuscul(um), equivalent to crepus- (akin to creper obscure) + -culum -cule1
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Crepuscule
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
crepuscule
late 14c., from Fr. crépuscule, from L. crepusculum.
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