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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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