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tweenlight

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Tweenlight (noun) means the time of day between sunset and full darkness.

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The time of day between sunset and full darkness.
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Etymology

Comes from Old English twēonlēoht (“twilight”, literally “double-/doubtful-/uncertain-light”). Its alternative spellings arise from a misassociation with between, wrongly taking tweenlight to be a shortening of between-light.

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"tweenlight" (noun) means the time of day between sunset and full darkness.
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