gloam

[ glohm ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. twilight; gloaming.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gloam¹

First recorded in 1815–25; back formation from gloaming

Example Sentences

I loved the walk home after work, a damp mist falling, the sky turning purple and the White House aglow in the evening gloam, so close that you could reach out and touch it.

From Washington Post

The shorter daytime - the sun will set more than 2½ hours earlier than in April - forced organizers to adjust the tee times, and that left Nicklaus and Player in a foggy gloam.

From Washington Times

The shorter daytime — the sun will set more than 2½ hours earlier than in April — forced organizers to adjust the tee times, and that left Nicklaus and Player in a foggy gloam.

From Seattle Times

The summer was over too fast and suddenly I was back to Dublin’s autumn gloam, to my night job in a cinema, and to college, where I bumped into Rob again.

From The Guardian

“I just love this golf course,” Thompson said in the gloam of another perfect day in the desert.

From Golf Digest