crepuscle

cre·pus·cule

 (krĭ-pŭs′kyo͞ol) also cre·pus·cle (-pŭs′əl)

n.

Twilight.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin crepusculum, from creper, dark.]

crepuscle

(ˈkrɛpəsəl; krɪˈpʌsəl) or

crepuscule

n

literary twilight

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crepuscle - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, fall even, evening, eventide, eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night" time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"