Crepuscle \Cre*pus"cle\ (kr[-e]*p[u^]s"s'l), Crepuscule \Cre*pus"cule\ (kr[-e]*p[u^]s"k[-u]l), n. [L. crepusculum, fr. creper dusky, dark: cf. F. cr['e]puscule.] Twilight. --Bailey.
crepuscle n : the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: {twilight}, {dusk}, {gloaming}, {nightfall}, {evenfall}, {fall}, {crepuscule}]