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Definition of "crepuscule" [crepuscule]

  • Twilight. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "crepuscule" in a sentence
  • "Along the way, Sheinkin has fun lobbing insanely difficult and obscure words (such as crepuscule, phylactery and elangues) into her young contestants 'laps like live grenades."
  • "Fresh off Broadway ... six quirky students come face-to-face with all their insecurities and puberty while under pressure to spell words like "crepuscule" correctly."
  • "On winter dusks, robin ticks and wren flourishes made a percussive crepuscule for the settling wood."