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crepuscular

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cre·pus·cu·lar  (kr-psky-lr)
adj.
1. Of or like twilight; dim: "the period's crepuscular charm and a waning of the intense francophilia that used to shape the art market" (Wall Street Journal).
2. Zoology Becoming active at twilight or before sunrise, as do bats and certain insects and birds.

crepuscular [krɪˈpʌskjʊlə]
adj
1. of or like twilight; dim
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of certain insects, birds, and other animals) active at twilight or just before dawn
[from Latin crepusculum dusk, from creper dark]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.crepuscular - like twilight; dim; "the evening's crepuscular charm"
dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
Translations
crepuscular [krɪˈpʌskjʊləʳ] ADJ (liter) → crepuscular
crepuscular [krɪˈpʌskjʊr] adj (literary)crépusculaire
crepuscular
adj (liter)dämmerig; crepuscular animals (Zool) → Dämmerungstiere pl


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After many years, on looking back from the middle turn of life's way at the events of the past, which, like a friendly crowd, seem to gaze sadly after us hastening towards the Cimmerian shore, we may see here and there, in the gray throng, some figure glowing with a faint radiance, as though it had caught all the light of our already crepuscular sky.
Then he could, as seemed to him, most intimately wander and wait, linger and listen, feel his fine attention, never in his life before so fine, on the pulse of the great vague place: he preferred the lampless hour and only wished he might have prolonged each day the deep crepuscular spell.
 
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