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sunglow

[ suhn-gloh ]

noun

  1. a diffused, hazy light seen around the sun, caused by atmospheric dust.


sunglow

/ ˈsʌnˌɡləʊ /

noun

  1. a pinkish glow often seen in the sky before sunrise or after sunset. It is caused by scattering or diffraction of sunlight by particles in the atmosphere
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sunglow1

First recorded in 1835–45; sun + glow
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Example Sentences

I was a child, and asked him if it was a white dove, such as I had seen fanning the sunglow in Icolmkill.

Out of the sunglow the arm crept like a snake, then it lay still in the shadow betwixt the two who slumbered unheeding.

Now and again there was the sharp twang in it of the bog-myrtle, sweltering in the sunglow.

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