gloaming

[ gloh-ming ]

noun

1. twilight; dusk.

gloaming

/ ˈɡləʊmɪŋ /

noun

1. poetic.
   twilight or dusk

Word History and Origins

Origin of gloaming¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English gloming, Old English glōmung, derivative of glōm “twilight”

Word History and Origins

Origin of gloaming¹

Old English glōmung, from glōm; related to Old Norse glāmr moon

Example Sentences

I’m more of an evening than a morning person, so this arrangement makes viewing Mercury easier for me, and I’m always delighted when I can catch it in the gloaming.

From Scientific American

Two hours later in the California gloaming, List secured an even better treat for little Ryann List.

From Washington Post

“In Gates’s telling,” noted our reviewer, Jon Meacham, the Black church “shines bright even as the nation itself moves uncertainly through the gloaming, seeking justice on earth.”

From New York Times

Here’s to their eternal gloaming on the brightest Seattle summer days, to their pull tabs and to their stink of late-night desperation.

From Seattle Times

The gray gloaming and hallucinatory mists envelop a spare and savage landscape, with the witches shape shifting into three black birds.

From New York Times

Related Words

• dusk
• twilight
• twilight