The Word of the Day (Make that Evening)

By GrahamLewis · Mar 7, 2019 · ·
  1. I came across an absolutely perfect word the other day: Crepuscular, which means pertaining to twilight, or as an adjective, involved with twilight, as in"he was a crepuscular creature, most active in the time immediately after sundown." The word is from from the Latin word for "twilight", but it calls to mind the word creep, in that I can picture someone or some menacing creature crawling around in the near darkness -- even though creep is from a Middle English or Germanic word related to the concept of "lowdown."

    I think one could write a whole story, or even a book, about such a creature, titling it simply, "The Crepuscular."

    Of course, The Crepuscular Creatures would be a perfect name for a rock band.
    Malisky and J.D. Ray like this.

Comments

  1. J.D. Ray
    Imma use that word somewhere.
  2. Malisky
    "Malisky is a crepuscular creature but today, she pushed herself to get up at 10 a.m. and be more normal like the rest of her kin. She had forgotten how bright the sun shines during these early hours and she could use some vitamin D12."

    Yep, the winter's finally over. I can't believe that I'm sitting here with my window open and my lights shut. Time for a spring clean up. :D
  3. GrahamLewis
    Still cold and snowy here, with only the faintest distant promise of spring. I envy you.
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