TWILIT

dusky, twilight, twilit

(adjective) lighted by or as if by twilight; “The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn”-Henry Fielding; “the twilight glow of the sky”; “a boat on a twilit river”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

twilit

simple past tense and past participle of twilight

Adjective

twilit (not comparable)

Illuminated by or as if by twilight.

Source: Wiktionary


TWILIGHT

Twi"light`, n. Etym: [OE. twilight, AS. twi- (see Twice) + leĂłht light; hence the sense of doubtful or half light; cf. LG. twelecht, G. zwielicht. See Light.]

1. The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18Âş below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

2. faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed. As when the sun . . . from behind the moon, In dim eclipse. disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. The twilight of probability. Locke.

Twi"light`, a.

1. Seen or done by twilight. Milton.

2. Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure. O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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