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单词 crepusculous
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crepusculousadj.

/krɪˈpʌskjuːləs/
Etymology: < Latin crepusculum + -ous suffix.
Of the nature of twilight; dim, dusky, indistinct. (literal and figurative.)
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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).
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