twilight
/twˈaɪlˌaɪt/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
noun
- the time of day immediately following sunset
“he loved the twilight” - the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
- a condition of decline following successes
“in the twilight of the empire”
adjective
- lighted by or as if by twilight-Henry Fielding
“The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn”
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