twilight twilight /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/

adjective

1. Lighted by or as if by twilight  ( twilight , twilit , dusky )
   lighted by or as if by twilight
    The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn
   The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn
    The twilight glow of the sky
   the twilight glow of the sky
    A boat on a twilit river
   a boat on a twilit river
   

noun

1. () The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth  ( twilight )
   the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
   
2. () The time of day immediately following sunset  ( crepuscle , crepuscule , evenfall , dusk , fall , gloam [Archaic] , gloaming , nightfall , twilight )
   the time of day immediately following sunset
    He loved the twilight
   he loved the twilight
    They finished before the fall of night
   they finished before the fall of night
   
   
3. A condition of decline following successes  ( twilight )
   a condition of decline following successes
    In the twilight of the empire
   in the twilight of the empire