twilit en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- twīʹlĭt (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtwaɪlɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Meanings
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(not-comparable) Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit.
The effect of the closing inside the booths was to turn the line of concessions into a twilit tunnel.
1959, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 10, in The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, published 2006, page 241:He was like someone lying in twilit, formless, preëxistence, and stretching out his hands lovingly towards many-coloured, many-sounding life.
1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables — Will o’ the Mill, page 79:
Synonyms
Translations (4)
uk присмерковий (illuminated by twilight) · uk сутінковий (illuminated by twilight) · ca llostre (illuminated by twilight) · de dämmrig (illuminated by twilight)