See Also: Twilight(medicine)
twilight(1)(dictionary)
twilight(2)(dictionary)
twilight(dictionary)
twilight sleep(medicine)
twilight state(medicine)
twilight vision(medicine)
Twilight Zone, the(dictionary)
Twilight Lounge(tourism)

twilight (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: twi- 'two, twice' (from Old English) + light]
[U] the small amount of light in the sky as the day ends
in the twilight
::The end of the cigarette glowed in the twilight.
[U] the time when day is just starting to become night
-synonym dusk dusk at twilight
::romantic walks along the beach at twilight
[singular] the period just before the end of the most active part of someone's life
twilight of
::in the twilight of her acting career
::Depression in the twilight years (=the last years of your life) is usually related to illness.
twilight world
literary a strange situation involving mystery, dishonesty etc
twilight world of
::the twilight world of espionage