tweelicht

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch twêelicht. By surface analysis, twee (“two”) +‎ licht (“light”). Cognate with German Zwielicht, English twilight.

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Noun

tweelicht n (uncountable)

  1. (dated or dialectal) twilight
    Synonyms: schemering, schemerdonker, halfduister, halfdonker, schemerlicht, tweedonker, deemster, deemstering
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