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dark

adj., dark·er, dark·est.

1. 1. Lacking or having very little light: a dark corner.
   2. Lacking brightness: a dark day.
2. Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light.
3. Of a shade tending toward black in comparison with other shades. Used of a color.
4. Having a complexion that is not fair; swarthy.
5. Served without milk or cream: dark coffee.
6. Characterized by gloom; dismal: took a dark view of the consequences.
7. Sullen or threatening: a dark scowl.
8. Difficult to understand; obscure: stories that are large in scope and dark in substance.
9. Concealed or secret; mysterious: "the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
10. Lacking enlightenment, knowledge, or culture: a dark age in the history of education.
11. Exhibiting or stemming from evil characteristics or forces; sinister: "churned up dark undercurrents of ethnic and religious hostility" (Peter Maas).
12. Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor.
13. Having richness or depth: a dark, melancholy vocal tone.
14. Not giving performances; closed: The movie theater is dark on Mondays.
15. Linguistics. Pronounced with the back of the tongue raised toward the velum. Used of the sound (l) in words like full.

n.

1. Absence of light.
2. A place having little or no light.
3. Night; nightfall: home before dark.
4. A deep hue or color.

idiom:
in the dark

1. In secret: high-level decisions made in the dark.
2. In a state of ignorance; uninformed: kept me in the dark about their plans.

[Middle English derk, from Old English deorc.]

darkish dark'ish adj.
darkly dark'ly adv.
darkness dark'ness n.

SYNONYMS dark, dim, murky, dusky, obscure, opaque, shady, shadowy. These adjectives indicate the absence of light or clarity. Dark, the most widely applicable, can refer to insufficiency of illumination for seeing (a dark evening), deepness of shade or color (dark brown), absence of cheer (a dark, somber mood), or lack of rectitude (a dark past). Dim suggests lack of clarity of outline: "life and the memory of it cramped,/dim, on a piece of Bristol board" (Elizabeth Bishop). It can also apply to a source of light to indicate insufficiency: "storied Windows richly dight,/Casting a dim religious light" (John Milton). Murky implies darkness, often extreme, such as that produced by smoke or fog: "The path was altogether indiscernible in the murky darkness which surrounded them" (Sir Walter Scott). Dusky suggests the dimness that is characteristic of diminishing light, as at twilight: "The dusky night rides down the sky,/And ushers in the morn" (Henry Fielding). Also, it often refers to deepness of shade of a color: "A dusky blush rose to her cheek" (Edith Wharton). Obscure usually means unclear to the mind or senses, but it can refer to physical darkness: the obscure rooms of a shuttered mansion. Opaque means incapable of being penetrated by light: an opaque window shade ; figuratively it applies to something that is unintelligible: opaque philosophical arguments. Shady refers literally to what is sheltered from light, especially sunlight (a shady grove of pines) or figuratively to what is of questionable honesty (shady business deals). Shadowy also implies obstructed light (a shadowy path) but may suggest shifting illumination and indistinctness: "[He] retreated from the limelight to the shadowy fringe of music history" (Charles Sherman). It can also refer to something that seems to lack substance and is mysterious or sinister: a shadowy figure in a black cape.

twilightLine breaks: twi|light

Pronunciation: /ˈtwʌɪlʌɪt/ 

Definition of twilight in English:

noun

1[MASS NOUN] The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflectionof the sun’s rays from the atmosphere:she looked out on the beautiful twilight

1.1The period of the evening when twilight is visible, between daylight and darkness:a pleasant walk in the woods at twilight

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2[IN SINGULAR] A period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline:he was in the twilight of his career[AS MODIFIER]: a twilight world of secrecy

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old English twi- 'two' (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + light¹.

（▼発音注意）[名][U]
1 うす明かり，たそがれ（時），黎明(れいめい). ▼通例夕方についていう

at [in the] twilight
たそがれ（時）に.

2 （一般に）薄明かり，微光.
3 ((the ～))（全盛期・成功などのあとにくる）衰退期

the twilight of one's life
人生のたそがれ時.

4 （意味・知識・評判などが）ばく然とした［不確実な］状態.

The Twilight of the Gods

《チュートン神話》神々のたそがれ：巨人との戦いによる神々と世界の滅亡.

━━[形]薄明の，たそがれの，ぼんやりした；〈コウモリ・ガなどが〉たそがれ時に現れる；やみに包まれた

twilight shadows
夕方の（長い）影

the twilight world
((文))やみの世界.

［中英語twilight （twi- TWO＋LIGHT1）. 「2つ」が何をさすかはっきりしない］