tweenlight
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tweenlight
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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.
noun 'tweenlight · 'tween-light
- The period between dusk and nightfall; twilight. Faith, sir, she says that Fergus has had an outforce lying in the hills yonder these three days, and waits an opportunity of surprising the fort — that they had moved down this tweenlight, and were sweeping along by the glens two hours ago; [...]
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@misc{tweenlight_2026,
title = {tweenlight},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tweenlight},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
