What does crepuscule mean?
Crepuscule means (now rare) Twilight..
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/ˈkɹɛp.ʊˌskjuːl/ · noun
(now rare) Twilight..
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.
Use crepuscule when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Crepuscule means (now rare) Twilight..
Common synonyms include blue hour, gloaming.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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