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twi·light    Audio Help   [twahy-lahyt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
2.the period in the morning or, more commonly, in the evening during which this light prevails.
3.a terminal period, esp. after full development, success, etc.: the twilight of his life.
4.a state of uncertainty, vagueness, or gloom.
–adjective
5.of, pertaining to, or resembling twilight; dim; obscure: in the twilight hours.
6.appearing or flying at twilight; crepuscular.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME; see twi-, light1]

twilighty, adjective
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twi·light    Audio Help   (twī'līt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The diffused light from the sky during the early evening or early morning when the sun is below the horizon and its light is refracted by the earth's atmosphere.
    2. The time of the day when the sun is just below the horizon, especially the period between sunset and dark.
  1. Dim or diffused illumination.
  2. A period or condition of decline following growth, glory, or success: in the twilight of his life.
  3. A state of ambiguity or obscurity.


[Middle English twilighte : Old English twi-, two, half; see dwo- in Indo-European roots + Old English līht, light; see light1.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
twilight 
1387 (implied in twilighting), a compound of twi- + light (n.) Cognate with Du. tweelicht (16c.), Ger. zwielicht. Exact connotation of twi- in this word is unclear, but it appears to refer to "half" light, rather than the fact that twilight occurs twice a day. Cf. also Skt. samdhya "twilight," lit. "a holding together, junction," M.H.G. zwischerliecht, lit. "tweenlight." Originally and most commonly in Eng. with ref. to evening twilight but occasionally used of morning twilight (a sense first attested c.1440). Figurative extension is first recorded 1600.

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twilight

adjective
1. lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river" [syn: dusky

noun
1. the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" 
2. the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth 
3. a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
twilight1 [ˈtwailait] noun
(the time of) the dim light just before the sun rises or just after it sets
Arabic: غَسَق
Chinese (Simplified): 曙光,暮光
Chinese (Traditional): 曙光,暮光
Czech: šero
Danish: tusmørke; skumring
Dutch: schemering
Estonian: koidik, videvik
Finnish: aamurusko, iltahämärä
French: aube naissante; crépuscule
German: die Dämmerung
Greek: λυκαυγές, λυκόφως
Hungarian: szürkület
Icelandic: ljósaskipti
Indonesian: senjakala
Italian: crepuscolo
Japanese: 薄明
Korean: (해 뜨기 전이나 해 진 후의) 어스름
Latvian: krēsla; mijkrēslis
Lithuanian: prieblanda, sutemos
Norwegian: skumring, tussmørke
Polish: brzask, zmrok
Portuguese (Brazil): lusco-fusco, luz crepuscular
Portuguese (Portugal): crepúsculo
Romanian: amurg, crepuscul
Russian: сумерки
Slovak: šero
Slovenian: mrak
Spanish: crepúsculo; luz del alba
Swedish: gryning, skymning, halvdager
Turkish: alaca karanlık
twilight2 [ˈtwailait] noun
the time when the full strength or power of something is decreasing
Example: in the twilight of his life
Arabic: فَتْرَة ضَعْف القُوَّه، إنخِفاض القُوَّه
Chinese (Simplified): 没落时代,衰年
Chinese (Traditional): 沒落時代,衰年
Czech: soumrak
Danish: nedgangsperiode
Dutch: schemering
Estonian: koidik
Finnish: elämän ehtoo
French: crépuscule, déclin
German: der Dämmerzustand
Greek: λυκόφως, παρακμή
Hungarian: alkony
Icelandic: hnignun
Indonesian: masa tua
Italian: crepuscolo, tramonto
Japanese: 衰退期
Korean: 쇠퇴기, 황혼기
Latvian: (mūža) novakare
Lithuanian: saulėlydis
Norwegian: sluttperiode, nedgangstid
Polish: zmierzch, schyłek
Portuguese (Brazil): crepúsculo
Portuguese (Portugal): crepúsculo
Romanian: declin, amurg
Russian: период заката
Slovak: súmrak
Slovenian: somrak
Spanish: ocaso, decadencia, declinación
Swedish: skymning, kväll
Turkish: çöküş devri
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Twilight, PA (borough, FIPS 78008) Location: 40.11432 N, 79.89052 W
Population (1990): 252 (112 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Twilight

Twi"light`\, n. [OE. twilight, AS. twi- (see Twice) + le['o]ht light; hence the sense of doubtful or half light; cf. LG. twelecht, G. zwielicht. See Light.]

1. The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18[deg] below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

2. faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.

As when the sun . . . from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. --Milton.

The twilight of probability. --Locke.
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Twilight

Twi"light`\, a. 1. Seen or done by twilight. --Milton.

2. Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.

O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. --Pope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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