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Language: Old English
Origin: dox

dusk

 noun
     
Related topics: Chronology
dusk [uncountable]
TMC the time before it gets dark when the sky is becoming less bright [= twilight; ↪ dawn]
at dusk
The street lights go on at dusk.
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