crepusculous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CREPUSCULAR, CREPUSCULOUS adjective Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; noting the imperfect light of the morning and evening; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.
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