twilight
twilight is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.Seen or done by twilight. Milton.
- 3.Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure. O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- afternoon
- arch
- aurora
- autumn
- autumnal
- bedtime
- blush
- break
- breezy
- call
- candlelight
- close
- cockcrow
- cockcrowing
- crepuscule
- curfew
- dawn
- day
- daybreak
- dayspring
- dead
- decline
- dewy
- down
- dusk
- eleventh
- equinox
- eve
- evening
- eventide
- fall
- first
- flush
- forehead
- forenoon
- gloaming
- going
- golden
- gorgeous
- hour
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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