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crepusculous, a.|krɪˈpʌskjuːləs|
[f. L. crepuscul-um + -ous.]
Of the nature of twilight; dim, dusky, indistinct. (lit. and fig.)
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 343 A close apprehension of the one, might perhaps afford a glimmering light and crepusculous glance of the other. 1665Glanvill Sceps. Sci. xxii. 140 The beginnings of Philosophy were in a crepusculous obscurity; and its yet scarce past the Dawn. 1822E. Nathan Langreath II. 268. |