gloam

gloam

 (glōm)

n. Archaic

Twilight; gloaming.

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[Back-formation from gloaming.]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gloam - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, fall even, evening, eventide, eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night" time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"

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