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twilit

/ˈtwaɪlɪt/

twilit adjective: illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit. Also the simple past and past participle of twilight.

Adjective

twilit (not comparable)

  1. Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit.
    • He was like someone lying in twilit, formless, preëxistence, and stretching out his hands lovingly towards many-coloured, many-sounding life.1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables — Will o’ the Mill, page 79
    • The effect of the closing inside the booths was to turn the line of concessions into a twilit tunnel.1959, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 10, in The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, published 2006, page 241

Also used as

twilit is also the simple past and past participle of twilight.

Synonyms of twilit

Forms of twilit

alternative formtwilighted
alternative formtwilitten

Questions about twilit

What does twilit mean?
Twilit means illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit.
What part of speech is twilit?
Twilit is an adjective.
How do you pronounce twilit?
Twilit is pronounced /ˈtwaɪlɪt/ (UK).

Words near twilit in the dictionary

  1. twilightly
  2. twilightness
  3. twilightnesses
  4. twilights
  5. twilighty
  6. twilit
  7. twilitten
  8. twill
  9. twill tape
  10. twill tapes
  11. twillback

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