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crepuscule - 2 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·cule   (krĭ-pŭs'kyōōl)   
n.  Twilight.

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