† twitterlightn.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: twilight n.

Etymology: Probably an alteration of twilight n. after twitter v.¹ (compare sense 2b at that entry). Compare slightly earlier twatter-light n., and also later twitter n.³ 1a.

Obsolete.

Twilight. Also figurative.Apparently revived in the early 20th cent. in literary use.

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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight

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grisping1580

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gropsing1606

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twitterlight1608

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owlet light1821

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1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. H3^v You can steale secretly hether..at twylight, twitterlights.

a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women iii. i, in 2 New Playes (1657) 33 Come not till twitter light.

1920 ‘W. Bryher’ Development iii. v. 172 To plunge into a morning when poetry was common to existence, to be free of this twitter-light of stumbling prose.

1927 S. Desmond London Nights of Long Ago 11 In this twitterlight of memory,..I have sent my ghost a-wander through the London night of long ago.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019).

单词	twitterlight
释义	† twitterlightn. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: twilight n. Etymology: Probably an alteration of twilight n. after twitter v.¹ (compare sense 2b at that entry). Compare slightly earlier twatter-light n., and also later twitter n.³ 1a. Obsolete. Twilight. Also figurative.Apparently revived in the early 20th cent. in literary use. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight evengloamOE twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 twilightc1440 twinlightc1532 grisping1580 grey1592 owl-light1599 gropsing1606 twatter-light1606 twitterlight1608 dusk1622 grasp1650 torchlighta1656 crepuscle1665 mock-shade1669 dimps1693 duskish1696 dimmit1746 darklins1767 twilight glow1819 gloama1821 owlet light1821 sandhya1876 dusk-light1937 1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. H3^v You can steale secretly hether..at twylight, twitterlights. a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women iii. i, in 2 New Playes (1657) 33 Come not till twitter light. 1920 ‘W. Bryher’ Development iii. v. 172 To plunge into a morning when poetry was common to existence, to be free of this twitter-light of stumbling prose. 1927 S. Desmond London Nights of Long Ago 11 In this twitterlight of memory,..I have sent my ghost a-wander through the London night of long ago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019). < n.1608
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