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Word entry · 8 letters

twilight

Best crossword clue

"Dusk glow"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted ghiilttwStarts with TEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. lighted by or as if by twilight

Word origin

From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, equivalent to twi- (“double, half-”) + light, literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight”), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight”), Dutch tweelicht (“twilight, dusk”), German Zwielicht (“twilight, dusk”). Compare Old English twēone lēoht (“twilight”).

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: half-light
  • I could just make out her face in the twilight.
  • It was twilight by the time I got back home.

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