n.
Pronunciation: ' tw ī - ˌ l ī t
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Date: 15th century
1 : the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust also : a time of twilight
2 a : an intermediate state that is not clearly defined <lived in the twilight of neutrality ― Newsweek > b : a period of decline <the twilight of a great career>