单词 | crepusculous |
释义 | crepusculousadj. Of the nature of twilight; dim, dusky, indistinct. (literal and figurative.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > indistinct dimc1000 blinda1398 undistingued1398 obscure?a1450 undistinct1495 shadowed1588 undistinguishable1600 shady1626 blear1637 filmed1637 indistinguishable1642 crepusculous1646 adumbrated1650 oblite1650 faint1660 monogrammous1678 blurred1701 faintish1712 wispya1717 adumbrant1727 muzzy1744 indistinct1764 fuzzy1778 misty1797 shadowy1797 undistinguished1814 woolly1815 vague1822 furzy1825 mystified1833 slurred1843 feeble1860 smudginga1861 filmy1864 smudgy1865 blurry1884 slurry1937 the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adjective] > of sunset or nightfall earlya1400 crepusculinec1550 cockshut1592 nightward1631 crepusculous1646 crepuscular1679 sunsetty1860 dimps1891 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adjective] > in early stages buddinga1586 infant1594 embryon1613 embryous1628 inchoateda1631 inchoativea1631 crepusculous1646 rudimentary1648 rudimental1658 embryo1659 incipient1669 crepuscular1679 dawninga1700 initiant1740 germing1749 embryotic1761 germinal1804 embryonic1825 embryonary1833 inchoanta1876 adawn1881 the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of or relating to twilight crepusculinec1550 twilight1645 crepuscular1755 greying1796 crepusculous1822 dimps1891 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 343 A close apprehension of the one, might perhaps afford a glimmering light and crepusculous glance of the other. View more context for this quotation 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xix. 187 The beginnings of Philosophy were in a Crepusculous obscurity; and It's yet scarce past the Dawn. 1822 E. Nathan Langreath II. 268. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1646 |
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