Twilight word meaning and definition

[noun] the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
[noun] a state of diffused or dim illumination
[noun] a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire"
[noun] the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

\Twi"light`\, n. [OE. twilight, AS. twi- (see {Twice}) + le['o]ht 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 18[deg] 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.

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