crepuscle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the time of day immediately following sunset
    dusk; fall; gloaming; gloam; evenfall; nightfall; twilight; crepuscule.
    • he loved the twilight
    • they finished before the fall of night

WordNet

Cre*pus"cle, Cre*pus"cule noun (Also<
  • Crepuscle
  • Crepuscule
)
Etymology
L. crepusculum, fr. creper dusky, dark: cf. F. crpuscule.
Definitions
  1. Twilight. Bailey.

Webster 1913