English Explanatory Dictionary

tweenlight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The period between dusk and nightfall; twilight.

Word forms

tweenlight 'tweenlight 'tween-light

Etymology

From Old English twēonlēoht (“twilight”, literally “double-/doubtful-/uncertain-light”). The alternative spellings are due to a misassociation with between, erroneously interpreting tweenlight as if it were a shortening of between-light.

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