gloaming

[ gloh-ming ]
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noun

Origin of gloaming

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English gloming, Old English glōmung, derivative of glōm “twilight”

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How to use gloaming in a sentence

  • And so they had still a peaceful gloaming, these two old people, when their changeful day of life was drawing to a close.

    David Fleming's Forgiveness | Margaret Murray Robertson
  • Only it was like the dawn rather than the gloaming, Katie said, because of the soft brightness that shone on them both.

    David Fleming's Forgiveness | Margaret Murray Robertson
  • The figure of a man, who in the gray gloaming looked well-dressed, was approaching Mysie, and she was slowly moving to meet him.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • In the gray quick gloaming the moors and the hills, viewed from the train, seemed to him a country without hope.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh

British Dictionary definitions for gloaming

gloaming

/ (ˈɡləʊmɪŋ) /


noun
  1. poetic twilight or dusk

Origin of gloaming

1
Old English glōmung, from glōm; related to Old Norse glāmr moon

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