Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 29, 2013 crepuscule - TopicsExpress



          

Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 29, 2013 crepuscule \kri-PUHS-kyool, KREP-uh-skyool\, noun: twilight; dusk. But when he awoke at length there was a great Phoenix brooding with spread wings above his prostrate form, its white plumage like a ghostly crepuscule and its red eyes glowing close against his own pallid and fervent face. -- Arthur Edward Waite, The Quest of the Golden Stairs, 1893 For that is Anayat in the crepuscule, purple and mellow, sparkling and warm and effulgent when there is a moon, cool and heady and sensuous when there is no moon. -- Arturo B. Rotor, Zita, 1937 Crepuscule entered English around the year 1400 from the Latin meaning twilight, dusk, darkness.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:51:44 +0000

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