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crepuscular
What does crepuscular mean?
crepuscular (adjective): like twilight; dim.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use crepuscular in a sentence?
- The evening's crepuscular charm. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce crepuscular?
/kɹɪˈpʌskjəlɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does crepuscular come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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desirous of owning
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not yet discovered
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like twilight; dim
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