Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crepuscular"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crepuscular \Cre*pus"cu*lar\ (-k?-l?r), Crepusculous
\Cre*pus"cu*lous\ (-l?s), a. [Cf. F. cr['e]pusculaire.]
1. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly
clear or luminous.
This semihistorical and crepuscular period. --Sir G.
C. Lewis.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before
sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects.
Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls,
and are called crepuscular. --Whewell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crepuscular
adj : like twilight; dim; "the evening's crepuscular charm"
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