gloaming

gloaming
/gloh"ming/, n.
twilight; dusk.
[bef. 1000; ME gloming, OE glomung, deriv. of glom twilight]

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  • Gloaming — Gloam ing, n. [See {Gloom}.] 1. Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening. [Scot. & North of Eng., and in poetry.] Hogg. [1913 Webster] 2. Sullenness; melancholy. [Obs.] J. Still. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gloaming — O.E. glomung twilight, formed (probably on model of æfning evening ) from glom twilight, related to glowan to glow (hence glow of sunrise or sunset ), from P.Gmc. *glo (see GLOW (Cf. glow)). Fell from currency except in Yorkshire dialect, but… …   Etymology dictionary

  • gloaming — [glōm′iŋ] n. [ME (Scot) glomyng < OE glomung < glom, twilight, akin to glowan, to GLOW: adopted in literature < Scot dial.] evening dusk; twilight …   English World dictionary

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  • gloaming — gloam|ing [ˈgləumıŋ US ˈglou ] n [: Old English; Origin: glomung] the gloaming literary the time in the early evening when it is becoming dark = ↑dusk …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gloaming — noun (the gloaming) literary twilight; dusk. Origin OE glōmung, from glōm twilight , of Gmc origin; related to glow …   English new terms dictionary

  • gloaming — noun (U) the gloaming poetic the time in the early evening when it is becoming dark; dusk …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Gloaming (horse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Gloaming caption = sire = The Welkin grandsire = Flying Fox dam = Light damsire = Eager sex = Gelding foaled = 1915 country = Australia colour = Bay breeder = E. E. D. Clarke owner = George D. Greenwood… …   Wikipedia

  • gloaming — noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots) gloming, from Old English glōming, from glōm twilight; akin to Old English glōwan to glow Date: before 12th century twilight, dusk …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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