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crepuscle

US/kɹɪˈpʌs.əl/

crepuscle is the alternative form of crepuscule.

Meaning of crepuscule

Noun

crepuscule (plural crepuscules)

  1. (archaic) Twilight.
    • Van watched them with the same pleasurable awe he had experienced as a child, when, lost in the purple crepuscule of an Italian hotel garden, in an alley of cypresses, he supposed they were golden ghouls or the passing fancies of the garden.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 54
    Synonyms:
    blue hour, gloaming

Forms of crepuscle

pluralcrepuscles

Questions about crepuscle

What is crepuscle the alternative form of?
Crepuscle is the alternative form of crepuscule.
How do you pronounce crepuscle?
Crepuscle is pronounced /kɹɪˈpʌs.əl/ (US).

Words near crepuscle in the dictionary

  1. crept out
  2. crept up
  3. crept up on
  4. crept'st
  5. creptst
  6. crepuscle
  7. crepuscles
  8. crepuscular
  9. crepuscular ray
  10. crepuscular rays
  11. crepuscularities

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