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語源

From Middle French crepuscule, from Latin crepusculum.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɛp.ʊˌskjuːl/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjul/, /ˈkɹɛp.əˌskjul/

名詞

crepuscule (複数形 crepuscules)

1. (now rare) Twilight.
   • 1969, Nabokov, Vladimir, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 54:

     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.

同意語

• blue hour, gloaming; see also Thesaurus:twilight

関連する語

• crepuscular